SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Following THE ESSENTIAL SHAKESPEARE LIVE the two discs feature scenes taken from RSC productions in Stratford-upon-Avon and London, recorded by the British Library and the RSC over almost half a century. As in the first volume, all the recordings are being published for the first time. The extracts, chosen by RSC Chief Associate Director Gregory Doran, are taken from productions that were not included previously and complement the first volume. The stagings run from Paul Robeson’s Othello in 1959 to David Tennant’s Hamlet in 2008. Among the other productions are Peter Hall’s Henry IV Part 1, Trevor Nunn’s The Winter’s Tale, John Barton’s The Merchant of Venice, Adrian Noble’s Macbeth, Sam Mendes’ Troilus and Cressida and the Histories cycle of Michael Boyd. Actors include Ian Holm, David Suchet, Juliet Stevenson, Ian Richardson, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Russell Beale, Harriet Walter, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2009

Availability

out of distribution

Credits

Director

Adrian Noble; Bill Alexander; David Thacker; Gregory Doran; John Barton; Michael Boyd; Peter Brook; Peter Hall; Sam Mendes; Trevor Nunn

Cast

Paul Robeson	Othello
Susan Fleetwood	Benedick
Simon Russell Beale	Thersites
Sara Kestelman	Titania
John Kane	Puck (Robin Goodfellow)
David Suchet
Ian Holm
Jonathan Pryce

Additional Details

Theatre company

Royal Shakespeare Company

Production type

Sound Recordings(Commercial)

Plays

Antony and Cleopatra; Cymbeline; Hamlet; Henry IV Part 1; Henry V; Henry VIII; King John; King Lear; Love’s Labour’s Lost; Macbeth; Measure for Measure; Merchant of Venice, The; Midsummer Night’s Dream, A; Much Ado About Nothing; Othello; Pericles, Prince of Tyre; Taming of the Shrew, The; Timon of Athens; Troilus and Cressida; Two Gentlemen of Verona, The; Winter’s Tale, The

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William

Notes

Notes

For further details of featured productions see http://shop.bl.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/BritishLibrary/ISBN_9780712351003

Production Company

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Name

Royal Shakespeare Company

Web

https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window

Address

Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

Distributor

Name

British Library Online Shop

Email

bl-shop@bl.uk

Web

http://shop.bl.uk/mall/departmentpage.cfm/BritishLibrary/87294/1/1 External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7412 7735

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Notes

A range of audio publications related to the collections of the British Library’s Sound Archive. Historical topics, wildlife sounds, world music, art and literature are particularly strongly represented. There are also a few DVDs, videos and CD-ROMs based on holdings in the BL. Some of the titles are available for paid audio download.