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Title: Hamlet (Shakespeare Made Easy: Modern English Version Side-By-Side With Full origiNal Text) by William Shakespeare, Alan Durband ISBN: 0-8120-3638-7 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: February, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.21 (138 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant Performance.....
Comment: This review refers to the Caedmon Audio/Full Cast Recording edition(HarperCollins) of "Hamlet"....
The first thing I need to clarify is exactly which audio edition this is. If you are on the product page with a light purple box pictured, this is the 1963, full cast recording, complete play in 5 acts, starring Paul Scofield as "Hamlet.It is not, as the audio file editorial states the one with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson. And if the Scofield performance is what you'd like to hear, you are in for a real treat.(You can enlarge the product picture to see a better view of the box)
The entire cast including Diana Wynyard as Gertrude,Roland Culver as Claudius, Donald Houston as Laertes and Zena Walker as Ophelia turn in powerful performances and will captivate your imagination no matter how many versions of this brilliant play you have heard, or seen. Paul Scofield("A Man For All Seasons") is masterful as the complex Hamlet, wanting revenge for his father's death, yet torn by his own conscience.
There are so many different versions of Shakespeare's "Hamlet", and on this taped set you will find a performance worthy of his genius.It is one you will want to listen to many times and well worth the price. After listening to it at home, I now bring it with me in my car to keep me company in traffic and on long trips.
This three tape set(6 sides) has the entire play, Ronsencrantz and Guildenstern included,in five acts. The entire play runs about 3 1/2 hours, each side of the tapes running between 30 to 45 minutes. The scenes are nicely seperated by music and the sound quality remastered(1995) in Dolby B is excellent.Although the tapes are not enclosed in their own cassette cases, there are individual cardboard holders inside the box for each.
A brilliant performance that you will remember, and one we are fortunate to have on these fabulous recordings.
Enjoy...Laurie
Rating: 5
Summary: To buy this edition or not to buy it - to buy it, I say.
Comment: My review merely glances at the New Penguin Shakespeare Edition, rather than saying anything about the famous play. This edition is well worth getting: it is cheap, small, toughly bound, & durable (so it can fit in your pocket without falling apart). Best of all though, it is extremely reader friendly, and so, with interested dedication by virtually ANY reader, Shakespeare's plays - the language, plot, etc. - can be mastered; yes, thoroughly, fluently, enjoyably grasped. How does this paricular edition so effectively enable this? Well, the edition is split into three parts: First, there is a large, plainly & elegantly written, introduction on all aspects of the play, and then there is the play itself, and finally there are textual notes, i.e., explanatory and interpretative notes on the play's text. Everything you could want on this play - except a dictionary - is bound between the covers of this sturdy little book.
Five stars for the play, five stars for the edition!
Rating: 5
Summary: Easy to understand!
Comment: I love this book because it gives you the text in modern English right next to the original text, so you can learn how to read in Shakespearean very easily! This helped me a lot when I was reading this in class and had to answer questions and write essays on it!
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Title: Macbeth by William Shakespeare ISBN: 0671722751 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1992 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: King Lear by William Shakespeare ISBN: 0671722727 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Macbeth : Modern English Version Side-By-Side With Full Original Text (Shakespeare Made Easy) by William Shakespeare, Alan Durband ISBN: 0812035712 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: April, 1985 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Othello by William Shakespeare ISBN: 0671722816 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1993 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare ISBN: 0671722859 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1992 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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