THE COMPLETE WORKS PROJECT

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'Sounds and Sweet Airs' is a landmark project for Unbound. We're setting out to record audio adaptations of every single Shakespeare play and poem.

Following on from our 'A Sonnet A Day' series, which launched during the first lockdown, we're now looking ahead to an even bigger creative adventure. 'Much Ado About Nothing', 'Romeo & Juliet', 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', 'King Lear', 'Timon of Athens', 'King John', 'Hamlet' and 'Love's Labour's Lost', 'Twelfth Night', & 'Macbeth' have been released so far, withfour more plays to follow in 2025.

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Discover how you can be part of our epic audio project - we'll be putting out regular casting calls for new plays and poetry projects regularly throughout the year.

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MACBETH

In the aftermath of a bitter and bloody war, there waits a prophecy. Once uttered, there can be no waivering from what it foretells, and the words are about to be spoken. Blood will have blood, and fateful ambition will rob a man of everything he holds dear...

Released December 2024

TWELFTH NIGHT

Shipwrecked on the shore of Illyria, Viola disguises herself as a serving boy to gain employment with the lovelorn Duke Orsino, who yearns for the heart of the grieving Olivia. Meanwhile, Olivia's stewardess Malvolia runs foul of her mistress' drunken uncle Sir Toby Belch...

Released December 2024

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST

Ferdinand, King of Navarre and his companions Berowne, Longaville, and Dumain, agree to swear off the company of women for three years whilst they focus on their studies. However, their resolve is put to the test when the Princess of France arrives with companions of her own...

Released June 2024

HAMLET

The King of Denmark is dead. His brother now sits on the throne, married to the widow of the former monarch. Prince Hamlet is broken by the affair, but a visitation from the realm of the dead reveals details of a betrayal even greater than he could have imagined.

Released March 2024

King John

King John holds the English throne, but demands for his abdication in favour of his nephew Arthur are growing. With King Philip of France determined to claim England's foreign territories in Arthur's name, John begins to consider deadly measures to retain his crown...

Released December 2023

TIMON OF ATHENS

Political unrest tremors in Athens between Alcibiades and the city's senators. In the court of Lady Timon, however, all troubles are ignored. Gentry, and artists grow bounteous from Timon's famed generosity, but others - within and without her house - fear for her future...

Released September 2023

KING LEAR

Seeking to divide his kingdom among his three daughters and relieve himself of affairs of state, the elderly King Lear summons his children to declare their love for him. But when the ceremony doesn't unfold the way he intended, the true division of his kingdom begins to unfold...

Released June 2023

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

When old rogue Sir John Falstaff embarks on a scheme to woo two Windsor wives, Mistress Page and Mistress Ford concoct a counter-plot to ensure the fat knight gets his comeuppance. Meanwhile, a tangled tale is woven around those who seek the heart of Mistress Anne Page...

Released March 2023

ROMEO & JULIET

The emnity between the houses of Montague and Capulet has reached the point of violence. As brawls erupt in the streets or Verona, the son of one house and the daughter of another find themselves drawn together in a deadly love affair...

Released December 2022

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

When former lovers Beatrice and Benedick are reunited in Messina, a merry war begins. At the same time, Count Claudio is about to meet the love of his life - but not everyone in the city wishes the union well...

Released September 2022