Scenes from ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Soliloquies from ‘Hamlet’ And Five Sonnets

Synopsis: Scenes from Shakespeare read by John Gielgud and Pamela Brown. Scenes from Romeo and Juliet. What lady’s that, which doth enrich the hand (I v); He jests at scars that never felt a wound (II ii); Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day (III, v)); Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death (V, iii) -- Soliloquies from Hamlet. O that this too too solid flesh would melt (I ii); All you host of heaven! O earth! What else? (1 v); O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! (II ii); I will tell you why: so shall my anticipation prevent your discovery (II ii); To be or not to be: that is the question (III, I); How all occasions do inform against me (IV v); What is he whose grief bears such an emphasis? (V i) -- Sonnet XVIII. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? -- Sonnet XXIXX. When, in disgrace with fortune and mens eyes -- Sonnet XXX. When to the sessions of sweet silent thought -- Sonnet XXXXIII. Full many a glorious morning have I seen -- Sonnet LXXIII. That time of year thou mayst in me behold.
Series: Decca Gold Label
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio
Year of release: 1951

Cast

John Gielgud	Romeo
Pamela Brown	Juliet

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