The Essential Shakespeare Live (British Library) (2 CD Set)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (823 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0712305246 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 443 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Bravos all round to the Royal Shakespeare Company and the British Library Sound Archive past and present for this tantalizing selection of brief scenes culled from recorded performances by an ultimate all-star cast. Sound quality is not uniform throughout, but thumps and bumps and audience responses add to the excitement of live performances. In the '90s, Robert Stephens as Falstaff and David Oyelowo as Henry VI lead to a glorious finish with Dench as Countess Rossillion in All's Well That Ends Well at a 2003 Stratford performance. Theater buffs, schools and libraries will all applaud this treat and should demand encores. Doran, associate director of the RSC, be
A tasty dish of Shakespearean bonbons Everyone who loves Shakespeare deserves to have this compilation in their audio library: Dench, Olivier, Mckelllan, Schofield--they're all here presenting well-known scenes that are associated with their careers. Enough said. It's also a good way to dip your toe into the Shakespeare canon. It will entice you to get the full plays. Othello, Richard III, Hamlet, Lady Macbeth,. For collectors Gloriana It's a cd for collectors. You can almost hear all the 'legends' of British Theatre: Judi Dench, Lorens Olivier, Paul Scofield.
Both Essential Shakespeare Live and Essential Shakespeare Encore! also include booklets that reproduce the play-text of each recorded extract in full along with introductions by Gregory Doran, Chief Association Director of the RSC. Essential Shakespeare Live features such notable actors of stage and screen as Judi Dench, Peter Brook, John Barton, Peggy Ashcroft, Alan Howard, Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Alan Rickman, Anthony Sher, Donald Sinden, Robert Stephens, Patrick Stewart, Janet Suzman, and David Warner. Among the plays included in the set are King Lear, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, All’s Well that Ends Well, Henry V, and Richard III.. The extracts cover almost half a century of productions, from Laurence Olivier as Coriolanus in 1959 to Ian McKellen as King Lear in 2007. The British Library and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) join forces to publish this remarkable audio treasury of live Shakespearian performances. Selected from an extensive collection of recordings made by the British Library Sound Archive, these two double CD sets offer scenes and speeches from some of the most celebrated Shakespeare productions in the history of the Royal Shakespeare Company