The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Shows volumes 1 - 3 contain all six half-hour episodes of our infamous BBC World Service radio series, in which we chronicle the life and work of William Q. Shakespeare.

The six episodes ("Hamlet," "Romeo & Juliet," "The Comedies," "The Histories," "The Tragedies," and "Shakespeare's Little Known Trip To America") feature highlights of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) stage show.

"The triumph of good'n'silly over evil!" -- Boston Globe

"Snappy, slick and utterly entertaining!" -- London Sunday Express

THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY is a unique experience. Their fast, funny and slightly off-kilter approach to such traditional subjects as world history, William Shakespeare, and the world's greatest literature have won them international acclaim and sold out performances at such prestigious venues as The White House, The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and Montreal's famed “Just for Laughs Festival” just to name a few.

Since its origins as a pass-the-hat act at California renaissance faires in 1981, the Reduced Shakespeare Company has created five world-renowned stage shows, four TV programs, and numerous radio pieces. The company's many international performances include stops at the White House, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, Montreal's famed "Just For Laughs Festival", the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Israel Theatre Festival, extensive overseas tours to Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Israel, Singapore, Bermuda, and Great Britain, and countless civic and university venues from Alaska to Florida and Hawaii to Maine.

The Reduced Shakespeare Company are frequent contributors to National Public Radio's “All Things Considered”.