SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Collected excerpts of recordings made between 1890-1937.
AS YOU LIKE IT: Ben Greet reads Act II Scene i; John Gielgud reads Act II Scene vii.
HAMLET: John Barrymore reads Act II Scene ii; Johnston Forbes-Robertson reads Act II Scene ii; Henry Ainley reads Act IV Scene iv; John Gielgud reads Act IV Scene iv.
HENRY IV. PART 1; John Gielgud reads Act I Scene iii; Herbert Beerbohm Tree reads Act V Scene i.
HENRY V: Lewis Waller reads Act III Scene i; John Gielgud reads excerpts.
JULIUS CAESAR: Herbert Beerbohm Tree reads Act III Scene i.
MACBETH: Arthur Bourchier read Act II Scene i; Ben Greet reads Act II Scene i.
MERCHANT OF VENICE: John Gielgud reads Act I Scene i.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: John Gielgud reads excerpts.
OTHELLO: John Gielgud reads Act I Scene iii; Edwin Booth reads Act I Scene iii.
RICHARD II: John Gielgud reads excerpts; Maurice Evans reads Act V Scene v.
TEMPEST: John Gielgud reads Act IV Scene i.
John Gielgud reads sonnets.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Year of release

1982

Availability

Sale

Credits

Cast

Arthur Bourchier
Ben Greet
Edwin Booth
Henry Ainley
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
John Barrymore
John Gielgud
Johnston Forbes-Robertson
Lewis Waller
Maurice Evans

Additional Details

Production type

Sound Recordings(Commercial)

Plays

As You Like It; Hamlet; Henry IV Part 1; Henry V; Julius Caesar; Macbeth; Merchant of Venice, The; Midsummer Night’s Dream, A; Othello; Richard II; Tempest, The

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

drama in English; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Production Company

Name

Pearl

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Harmonia Mundi UK Ltd

Phone

071-253 0863

Address

19-21 Nile Street
LONDON
N1 7LR

Name

Retail outlets