Here's a great reason to go to New York - and it is just one word. Hamlet. London's Donmar Warehouse production has received rave reviews, and with Jude Law in the title role, it's not hard to see why everyone seems to be talking about this production. Silksoundbooks star audio book reader Geraldine James, in the role of Gertrude, has been described as simply 'superb'.

Over the years, directors have taken all kinds of liberties with Shakespeare, with widely differing results. The last Broadway production of Macbeth set the play in an un-named Stalinist state and London's National Theatre gave us a production of Henry V set in Iraq with a stage strewn with Jeeps and machine guns.

The Donmar production of Hamlet, directed by Michael Grandage, Artistic Director of the company really is a 'no-frills' production of Shakespeare that relies on the text and a cast of good old-fashioned classically trained actors to deliver what has been described as an 'an absolutely stunning' result. Hamlet is now playing at the Broadhurst Theater in New York.

Love Among the Haystacks and Other Stories is the perfect audio book to take on a journey to New York, or a consolation for you if it is just not possible to go. Geraldine James reads this selection of short stories by D H Lawrence with the passion and feeling that marks her as a truly great actress.