1993 The Hobbit (Martin Shaw)

Release Date: 1992.05.23
Readers: Martin Shaw
Language: English
Translator: n/a
Organisation: HarperCollins Audio
ISBN: 9780001046764
Duration: 5 hours 57 minutes
Unabridged: No
Country: UK
Licenced: Yes
Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital

This production was specifically designed as an abridged edition to fit the standard 4-cassette/6-hour format popular at the time. The original 1993 release consisted of 4 audio cassettes and was later re-released in a 5-CD set. It is currently available as a digital download.

Shaw provides a straight narration without heavy dramatisation in his deep, rich tones which were used to great effect a few years later for this unabridged reading of The Silmarillion in 1995.