The Essential Shakespeare Live Encore: The Royal Shakespeare Company in Performance

British Library Sound Archive

ISBN 10: 0712351000 ISBN 13: 9780712351003

Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division, 2009

An audio set of live Shakespeare recordings. It features scenes and speeches taken from RSC productions in Stratford-upon- Avon and London, recorded by the British Library and the RSC over a period of almost half a century.

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Review:

I finally got to hear the performance that, a decade before I was born, could cause my granny to dissolve into tears just remembering it. --Sam Leith, The Guardian

What a treasure trove these discs prove for lovers of Shakespeare and great acting. In the new volume you can hear Paul Robeson's magically voiced Othello, still sounding wonderfully fresh and sonorous 50 years on, and time travel through the decades right up to David Tennant's Hamlet last year, with its magical mixture of sharp intelligence, humour and depth of feeling. --Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph

It was a superb idea first time round and continues to be so... as in the first volume, Doran collects some truly cherishable performances... there are so many good things here. --Plays International

About the Author:

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. Gregory Doran is the Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His notable productions include Macbeth starring Antony Sher, which was filmed for Channel 4 in 2001, as well as Hamlet in 2008, starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart. His most recent productions include Morte D'Arthur and The Canterbury Tales.

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