The plays are unabridged and based on The Complete Pelican Shakespeare, published by Penguin Classics.
[1] The production features nearly 400 actors, almost all past or present members of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare won the 2004 Audie Award for "Best Audio Drama".
[2] The logo on the box cover features a figure of Shakespeare composed entirely from books, reminiscent of the Renaissance Italian painting The Librarian by Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
The series represents the collective vision of four individuals: Tom Treadwell, a Shakespeare scholar; Bill Shepherd, a film producer; Clive Brill, producer and director at the BBC; and Dominique Le Gendre, a composer.