Great Historical Shakespeare Recordings

Historical recordings of actors from the beginning of the recording era. CD 1: Historical Shakespeare performances by Ainley, John Barrymore, Bourchier, Casson, Forbes-Robertson, John Geilgud (1920s and 1940s). CD 2: A miscellany. Some startling historical performances in a wide range of works from Edith Evans, Charles Laughton, Noel Coward, Sarah Bernhardt, Fred Terry, Laurel and Hardy, Edwin Booth, Bransby Williams, Jean Cocteau, Feodor Chaliapin and others.

2 CDs | Running Time: 2h 05m | ISBN: 978-962-634-200-8 | Cat. no.: NA220012 | RRP: £10.99RRP:£10.99 GBPSRP: US $ 17.98RRP:£10.99 GBP

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CAST

Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Arthur Bourchier
Lewis Waller
Frank Benson
Johnston Forbes Robertson
John Gielgud
Sybil Thorndike
Lewis Casson
John Barrymore
Laurence Olivier
Henry Irving
Edwin Booth
Ellen Terry
Noel Coward
Gertrude Lawrence
Fred Terry
Julia Neilson
Henry Ainley
Bransby Williams
Edith Evans
Charles Laughton
Laurel and Hardy
Bransby Williams
Sarah Bernhardt
Jean Mounet-Sully
Constant Coquelin
Feodor Chaliapin
Alexander Moissi

PODCAST

Speak the Speech...
In a talk given at the 2008 Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival, David Timson, director of four Naxos AudioBooks Shakespeare recordings and author of Shakespeare Stories, surveys the changing styles of Shakespeare performance through recordings starting with Henry Irving in the 1890s through to Kenneth Branagh in the twenty-first century.

Speak the Speech... (MP3, 58 min., 20 MB)
Accompanying notes (PDF, 120 KB)

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REVIEW

Naxos offers many excellent recordings of the Bard, but the breathtaking array of legendary performers – from Sarah Bernhardt to Laurel and Hardy to John Gielgud – makes this title, which includes performances from the beginning of the recording era, very special.

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