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King Lear Full Audio Screenshots

iPad

iPhone

About King Lear Full Audio

Shakespeare's King Lear with full "radio theater" audio production. Read the text while listening to the play.

This version includes:

Complete audio production with period music and sound effects.

Complete text of the play with side-by-side commentary.

Toggle the in-line display of hundreds of definitions of unusual words and phrases.

A detailed overview of every act and scene in the play.

A listing of every character along with identifying information.

Profiles of every character with scene index.

Time line correlating each act and scene to the passage of objective time.

Other "full audio" Shakespeare plays by DodgePoint Software available separately in the App Store include:

- As You Like It
- Hamlet
- Julius Caesar
- Macbeth
- The Merchant of Venice
- A Midsummer's Night Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Othello
- Romeo and Juliet
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Twelfth Night

What's New in the Latest Version 3.0.1

Last updated on May 4, 2020

Old Versions

Updated for newer iOS versions and devices. The navigation has changed a bit but the content remains the same.

Version History

3.0.1

May 4, 2020

Updated for newer iOS versions and devices. The navigation has changed a bit but the content remains the same.

2.11

Jun 30, 2018

Updated for newer iOS versions and devices.

1.9

Nov 10, 2014

Updated for iOS 8 devices.

Also, if you don't hear the audio as one reviewer notes, please check the small switch on the side of the iPad or iPhone just above the volume up and down buttons. When the switch is up, the audio from the app works, but when the switch is down, the volume is muted.

1.8

Feb 20, 2014

Updated for iOS 7 devices.

1.4

Nov 21, 2011

Better play navigation. Tap the character's name to advance the audio to that point of the play.

Added in-line definitions.

Added line numbering based on the Cambridge edition.

Added the Themes section to the Overview.

1.00

Dec 22, 2010

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