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Helen McCrory

Helen McCrory, OBE, is an illustrious British actress. Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to drama, Helen’s roles are many and varied. Since 2013 she has played Aunt Polly, matriarch to the Shelby crime family, in Peaky Blinders, the enormously popular historical drama based on Birmingham’s gangs in the 1920s. Helen also portrayed the cool and elegant Narcissa Malfoy in the final three films of the Harry Potter franchise. Helen can also be heard as the voice of Stelmaria, daemon to Lord Asriel, in HBO’s adaptation of His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. On stage, Helen has played some of literature’s most famous women, including Medea and Lady Macbeth.

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Title:

Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year

Written by:

Allie Esiri 

Read by:

Ben Allen; Damian Lewis; Hattie Morahan; Simon Russell Beale; Jot Davies; Helen McCrory; Jade Anouka; Paapa Essiedu; Allie Esiri 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

11 

Duration:

13 hours 4 minutes 

Published:

October 01 2019 

Available Date:

October 01 2019 

Age Category:

Children (10+) 

ISBN:

9781529031676 

Genres:

Fiction; Children's Fiction; Poetry 

Publisher:

Bolinda/Macmillan audio 

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AUD$ 34.95

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A daily piece of Shakespeare to inspire and delight.

William Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays, 154 sonnets and a handful of longer poems and you can discover them all here. This unique collection contains extracts, which might be famous poems, quotes or scenes, matched to the date. Allie Esiri's introductions give her readers a new window into the work, time and life of the greatest writer in the English language. Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year is perfect for listening or sharing and brings you Shakespeare’s best-known and best-loved classics alongside lesser known extracts. Esiri’s entertaining and insightful thoughts on each entry will fill your year with wonder, laughter, wisdom and wit.

[On A Poem for Every Day] 'Not only is it a thing of beauty, it also offers an accessible, informative, bitesize approach to poetry.'
Daily Mail