SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. A performance with Jamie Glover as Hal, Julian Glover as King Henry, and Richard Griffiths as Falstaff.

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Year of release

1998

Availability

Sale

Credits

Director

Clive Brill

Producer

Bill Shepherd; Tom Treadwell

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Dominque Le Gendre

Cast

Julian Glover	King Henry IV
Jamie Glover	Prince Henry, later crowned Henry V
Richard Griffiths	Sir John Falstaff
Elizabeth Spriggs	Mistress Quickly
Geoffrey Bayldon	Robert Shallow
Brian Cox	Rumour, the presenter
Charles Simpson	Poins
Christian Rodska	Lord Chief Justice
Edward de Souza	Pistol
Eve Mathieson	Doll Tearsheet
Ian Hughes (2)	Gower
Jane Slavin	Lady Percy
Mark Bonnar	Lord Mowbray
Peter Jeffrey	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Sidney Livingstone	Bardolph

Additional Details

Production type

Sound Recordings(Commercial)

Plays

Henry IV Part 2

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

drama in English; 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

Penguin Audiobooks

Email

audio@penguin.co.uk

Web

http://www.penguin.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7010 3067

Fax

020 7010 6695

Address

80 Strand
London
WC2R 0RL

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Retail outlets