SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Complete performance by Claire Bloom and others, from a text edited by G B Harrison. Accompanied by Rod Mengham’s commentary for GCSE students.

Series

Arc Audio Study Guides

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Year of release

1960

Availability

Sale

Credits

Director

Howard Sackler

Writer

William Shakespeare

Cast

Albert Finney	Romeo
Catherine Lacey	Lady Capulet
Christopher Guinee	Page to Paris
Claire Bloom	Juliet
Donald Eccles	Escalus, Prince of Verona
Edith Evans	Nurse
Hilton Edwards	Friar Laurence
Jeremy Spenser	Benvolio
Kenneth Haigh	Mercutio
Michael Alexander	Friar John
Michael Alexander	Montague
Peter Bayliss	Apothecary
Peter Bayliss	Sampson
Rod Mengham	Capulet
Ronnie Stevens	Gregory
Ronnie Stevens	Peter
Wallas Eaton	Balthasar
Wallas Eaton	Abram
William Hutt	Paris
Yvonne Coulette	Lady Montague

Additional Details

Theatre company

Shakespeare Recording Society

Production type

Sound Recordings(Commercial)

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Reviews

For an assessment of the sound recordings from Arkangel, the Marlowe Society (Rylands) and the Caedmon Shakespeare Recording Society (Sackler) see Lanier, Douglas ‘Shakespeare on the Record’ in Hodgdon, Barbara & Worthen, W.B. (eds) A Companion to Shakespeare in Performance (Malden: Blackwell, 2005), pp415-436

Production Company

Name

Collins-Caedmon Audio

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Harper Collins

Email

education@harpercollins.co.uk.

Web

http://www.collinseducation.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

0870 787 1612

Fax

020 8307 4440

Address

Collins Educational
Westerhill Road
77-85 Fulham Palace Road
Hammersmith
London
W6 8JB

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