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Great Historical Shakespeare Recordings

Synopsis
A 2-CD collection, compiled by David Timson and Nicholas Soames, of early sound recordings of Shakespearean actors:
Herbert Beerbohn Tree as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (III i) and Falstaff in Henry IV. Part I (AII i & ii)
Arthur Bourchier as Macbeth (II i & ii)
Lewis Waller as Henry V ((III i)
Frank Benson as Henry V (III i)
Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Hamlet (II ii, III ii)
John Gielgud as Hamlet (IV iv)
John Gielgud as Richard II (II iii)
Sybil Thorndike & Lewis Casson in Macbeth (I v)
John Barrymore as Gloucester in Henry VI. Part 3 (II ii)
John Barrymore as Hamlet (III i)
Laurence Olivier as Hamlet (I ii)
Laurence Olivier as Henry V (II i)
Henry Irving as Richard III (I i)
Henry Irving as Cardinel Wolsey in Henry VIII (III ii)
Edwin Booth as Othello (I iii)
Ellen Terry as Ophelia in Hamlet (IV v)
Ellen Terry as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (IV iii)
Ellen Terry as Portia in The Merchant of Venice (IV i) (total time 65:40)

CD2 is a ‘Miscellany’ of historical performances of non-Shakespearean works including work from Edith Evans, Charles Laughton, Sarah Bernhardt and Laurel and Hardy.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Audio
Year of release
2000
Notes
CD number: NA 220012
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Contributor
David Timson; Nicholas Soames
Cast
Arthur Bourchier 
Edwin Booth 
Ellen Terry 
F. R. Benson 
Henry Irving 
Herbert Beerbohm Tree 
John Barrymore 
John Gielgud 
Johnston Forbes-Robertson 
Laurence Olivier 
Lewis Casson 
Lewis Waller 
Sybil Thorndike 

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Naxos Records

Web
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Phone
01737 645600
Address
Unit 8, Salbrook Industrial Estate
Salbrook Road, Salfords
Redhill
RH1 5GJ
UK
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