DescriptionIn the year 1629, a young English lutenist named Peter Claire arrives at the Danish Court to join King Christian IV's Royal Orchestra. From the moment when he realizes that the musicians perform in a freezing cellar underneath the royal apartments, Peter Clair understands that he's come to a place where the opposing states of light and dark, good and evil, are waging war to the death.
DescriptionThis outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever, and one of John Gielgud's greatest moments. Though he went on to record it for commercial release, nothing matched this recording in the BBC studios, made before the days of editing.
DescriptionVocabuLearn is the only audio language learning system designed to teach the way you learn best...concentrating on vocabulary and helpful expressions. This three-hour program contains over 1, 500 commonly-used words and expressions - the building blocks of…
DescriptionIn this beautifully written tour de force of a novel, Beth Gutcheon takes readers back to the coastal village of Dundee, Maine. There, in a Victorian summer house called Leeway Cottage, we witness the scenes of a long 20th-century marriage. In April of…
DescriptionIn this unusual recording, the talented actor Frank Muller reads Shakespeare's complete work with all stage directions, in the tradition of actors/managers/authors auditioning plays for their companies. Muller's interpretation allows us to listen directly to the author's voice, without extraneous distractions. He brings to life the story of Hamlet, the complex tragic hero bent on avenging his father's murder yet racked by uncertainty brought on by the strength and eloquence of his own conscience. For interesting and informative lectures about this work, don't miss A Study Guide to Hamlet. Or, listen to a conversation with Professor Harold Bloom.
DescriptionHamlet, Shakespeare's best-known and most profound creation, teems with life, death, and rich characterizations. The title character is a complex tragic hero, bent on avenging his father's murder yet racked by uncertainty brought on by the strength and eloquence of his own conscience. As Hamlet enters into conflicts with his mother the queen, his girlfriend Ophelia, and her father Polonious, he utters some of the most extraordinarily poetic and brilliant passages of Shakespeare's oeuvre, including the famous existential lament, "To be, or not to be: that is the question." There are only a handful of actors who can play Hamlet effectively, and Paul Scofield is one of them. His rich voice and startling range eminently qualify him to take on the role. He is backed by a full cast, including Diana Wynyard as Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, and Zena Walker as Ophelia.
DescriptionIt's June 1941, and the low point of the war. England throws wave after wave of RAF bombers across the Channel, but somehow the Luftwaffe is able to shoot them down at will. The skies, indeed, the war itself seem to belong to Hitler. On a Danish island…
