Great Shakespeareans

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; Audiocassette. Compact disc.

Year of release

1982

Year of production

1982

Availability

Sale

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

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

Credits

Cast

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

Production Company

Name

Pearl

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Harmonia Mundi UK Ltd

Phone

071-253 0863

Address

19-21 Nile Street
LONDON
N1 7LR

 

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