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Title

Great Shakespeareans [sound recording].

Author

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Publication

Wadhurst, E. Sussex, England : Pearl, p1990.

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Additional Authors

• Waller, Lewis, 1860-1915.
• Gielgud, John, 1904-2000.
• Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893.
• Bourchier, Arthur, 1863-1927.
• Greet, Ben, Sir, 1857-1936.
• Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937.
• Barrymore, John, 1882-1942.
• Ainley, Henry, 1879-1945.
• Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917.
• Evans, Maurice, 1901-1989.

Description

1 sound disc : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Contains excerpts from Henry V, Midsummer night's dream, Richard II, Merchant of Venice, Tempest, Henry IV, As you like it, Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, Henry VI, Julius Caesar, and Sonnet XVIII.

Subjects

• Drama > 15th and 16th centuries
• Sonnets, English

Note

• Compact disc.
• Biographical notes by David Bruce ([8] p.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded 1890-1937.

Contents

Henry V. Once more unto the breach (Lewis Waller) -- Henry V. Once more unto the breach ; What's he that wishes so? ; Midsummer night's dream. I know a bank ; My mistress with a monster ; Thou see'st these lovers ; Richard II. Methinks I am a prophet ; O God! O God! ; Merchant of Venice. Let me play the fool ; Tempest. You do look, my son ; Henry IV. My liege, I did deny ; As you like it. A fool, a fool ; All the world's a stage ; Othello. Most potent, grave and reverend signiors-- Her father lov'd me (John Gielgud) -- Othello. Most potent, grave and reverend signiors (Edwin Booth) -- Macbeth. Go, bid thy mistress : Dagger speech (Arthur Bourchier) -- Macbeth. Go, bid thy mistress : Dagger speech ; As you like it. Now, my co-mates and brothers (Ben Greet) -- Hamlet. O! what a rogue and peasant slave (Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson) -- Hamlet. O! what a rogue and peasant slave (John Gielgud) -- Hamlet. O! what a rogue and peasant slave ; Henry VI. Ay, Edward will use women honourably (John Barrymore) -- Hamlet. How all occasions do inform (Henry Ainley) -- Hamlet. How all occasions do inform (John Gielgud) -- Julius Caesar. O pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth : Antony's lament ; Henry IV. Hal, if thou see me : Honour speech (Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree) -- Richard II. I have been studying : prison scene (Maurice Evans) -- Sonnet XVIII : Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (John Gielgud).

Call Number

*LDC 13958 (F)

OCLC

31695076

Author

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Title

Great Shakespeareans [sound recording].

Imprint

Wadhurst, E. Sussex, England : Pearl, p1990.

Playing Time

007958

Performer

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

Event

Recorded 1890-1937.

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Added Author

Waller, Lewis, 1860-1915. Performer

Gielgud, John, 1904-2000. Performer

Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893. Performer

Bourchier, Arthur, 1863-1927. Performer

Greet, Ben, Sir, 1857-1936. Performer

Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937. Performer

Barrymore, John, 1882-1942. Performer

Ainley, Henry, 1879-1945. Performer

Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917. Performer

Evans, Maurice, 1901-1989. Performer

Publisher No.

GEMM CD 9465 Pearl

CD 9465 Pearl

Research Call Number

*LDC 13958 (F) Notes on file.