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Hamlet: a tragedy by William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: divers narrateurs
- Length: 54 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Drama & Plays
Publisher's Summary
Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others." The play seems to have been one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime and still ranks among his most-performed. It has inspired writers from Goethe and Dickens to Joyce and Murdoch, and has been described as "the world's most filmed story after Cinderella".
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Tad Davis
- 23-11-15
Seriously abridged
I believe this is a reissue of an old series called "The Living Shakespeare," which featured one play per LP (or rather one LP per play), with introductions by Bernard Grebanier. The recordings feature many notable actors of the day with elaborate music and sound effects. The only knock against them, and the reason I gave it four stars instead of five, is that it's been drastically cut. Hamlet in the raw is about four hours long - this recording is a fourth of that.
Whether this is a bad thing or not depends on what you're looking for. I spent many happy hours listening to this series my first year of college, and my appetite whetted, I went on to the "real thing." If that's what you're after, then this is the series to get. If you want to introduce someone to Shakespeare who isn't ready for four hours of tragic verse, have them listen to this.
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