Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Greetings (Troilus And Cressida: Act III, Scene III: Good Day, Good Day...)
2. The Life Of King Henry V: Act I, Scene I: O For A Muse Of Fire
3. The Tempest: Act V, Scene I: O Brave New World
4. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act II, Scene II: What A Piece Of Work Is
5. As You Like It: Act II, Scene VII: All The World's A Stage
6. Macbeth: Act V, Scene V: Life's But A Walking Shadow
7. King Lear: Act IV, Scene I: They Kill Us For Their Sport
8. Measure For Measure: Act II, Scene II: Man Proud Man
9. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act I, Scene IV: Some Vicious Mole Of Nature
10. All's Well That Ends Well: Act IV, Scene III: The Web Of Our Life
11. The Merchant Of Venice: Act IV, Scene I: The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strained
12. All's Well That Ends Well: Act I, Scene I: Our Remedies Oft In Ourselves Do Lie
13. The Merchant Of Venice: Act III, Scene I: Hath Not A Jew Eyes?
14. Othello, The Moor Of Venice: Act I, Scene III: I Will A Round Unvarnish'd Tale Deliver
15. Othello, The Moor Of Venice: Act I, Scene I: I Am Not What I Am
16. King Lear: Act II, Scene III: I Edgar Nothing Am
17. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act II, Scene II: O What A Rogue And Peasant Slave Am I
18. The First Part Of King Henry IV: Act I, Scene II: Herein Will I Imitate The Sun
19. The First Part Of King Henry IV: Act II, Scene IV: Banish Plump Jack, And Banish All The World
20. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act II, Scene II: I Have Of Late
21. As You Like It: Act IV, Scene I: It Is A Melancholy Of Mine Own
22. Much Ado About Nothing: Act II, Scene I: There Was A Star Danced
23. Much Ado About Nothing: Act III, Scene II: He Is All Mirth
24. A Midsummer-Night's Dream: Act II, Scene I: I Am That Merry Wanderer Of The Night
25. The Tempest: Act V, Scene I: Where The Bee Sucks, There Suck I
26. The Tempest: Act IV, Scene I: A Born Devil
27. The Tempest: Act II, Scene II: A Man Or A Fish?
28. Antony And Cleopatra: Act II, Scene II: For Her Own Person, It Beggar'd All Description
29. The Tragedy Of King Richard II: Act II, Scene II: O, How That Name Befits My Composition
30. King Lear: Act I, Scene II: Thou, Nature, Art My Goddess
31. The Third Part Of King Henry VI: Act III, Scene II: Can I Do This, And Cannot Get A Crown?
32. Macbeth: Act I, Scene V: Come, You Spirits
33. The Life Of King Henry V: Act III, Scene I: Once More Unto The Breach, Dear Friends
34. The Tragedy Of King Richard II: Act II, Scene I: This Other Eden
35. The Tragedy Of King Richard II: Act I, Scene I: Mine Honor Is My Life
36. The First Part Of King Henry IV: Act V, Scene I: Honor Is A Mere Scutcheon
37. The Life Of King Henry V: Act III, Scene II: I Would Give All My Fame For A Pot Of Ale And Safety
38. The Second Part Of King Henry IV: Act I, Scene II: I Am Not Only Witty In Myself
39. Twelfth Night: Act I, Scene III: I Am A Great Eater Of Beef
40. Romeo And Juliet: Act II, Scene IV: Here Comes Romeo
41. The Two Gentlemen Of Verona: Act IV, Scene IV: Didst Thou Ever See Me Do Such A Trick?
42. Pericles: Act II, Scene I: I Can Compare Our Rich Misers
43. Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will: Act I, Scene III: Wherefore, Sweetheart What's Your Metaphor?
44. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act II, Scene II: In The Secret Parts Of Fortune?
45. As You Like It: Act II, Scene VII: Motley's The Only Wear
46. As You Like It: Act III, Scene II: Wast Ever In Court, Shepherd?
47. Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will: Act III, Scene I: This Fellow Is Wise Enough To Play The Fool
48. King Lear: Act I, Scene IV: Sirrah, You Were Best To Take My Coxcomb
49. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act III, Scene I: It Hath Made Me Mad
50. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act III, Scene I: O, What A Noble Mind Is Here Overthrown
51. King Lear: Act III, Scene IV: Away! The Foul Fiend Follows Me!
52. Macbeth: Act V, Scene I: Out, Damn'd Spot!
53. King Lear: Act II, Scene IV: O Fool, I Shall Go Mad
54. A Midsummer-Night's Dream: Act V, Scene I: The Lunatic, The Lover And The Poet

Disc 2:

1. The Merchant Of Venice: Act III, Scene II: Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred?
2. The Rape Of Lucrece: Lines 29-30: Beauty Itself Doth Of Itself Persuade
3. Love's Labour's Lost: Act II, Scene I: God Bless My Ladies! Are They All in Love
4. Romeo And Juliet: Act I, Scene V: O She Doth Teach The Torches To Burn Bright
5. The Two Gentlemen Of Verona: Act III, Scene I: If With His Tongue, He Cannot Win A Woman
6. The Life Of King Henry V: Act V, Scene II: Fair Katherine, And Most Fair
7. The Taming Of The Shrew: Act II, Scene I: Good Morrow, Kate
8. The Tragedy Of King Richard III: Act I, Scene II: Was Ever Woman In This Humor Woo'd?
9. Othello, The Moor Of Venice: Act I, Scene III: She Lov'd Me For The Dangers I Had Pass'd
10. Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will: Act I, Scene V: The Honorable Lady Of The House, Which Is She?
11. Much Ado About Nothing: Act II, Scene III: Love Me! Why, It Must Be Requited
12. As You Like It: Act IV, Scene I: Come Woo Me, Woo Me
13. Romeo And Juliet: Act II, Scene I: This Bud Of Love
14. Venus And Adonis: Lines 149-150: Love Is A Spirit All Compact Of Fire
15. Othello, The Moor Of Venice: Act III, Scene III: Perdition Catch My Soul, But I Do Love Thee
16. Antony And Cleopatra: Act I, Scene V: Give Me To Drink Mandragora
17. Romeo And Juliet: Act III, Scene II: Come, Night, Come, Romeo
18. As You Like It: Act IV, Scene I: O Coz, Coz, Coz
19. Troilus And Cressida: Act III, Scene II: I Am Giddy
20. A Midsummer-Night's Dream: Act I, Scene I: How Now, My Love!
21. A Midsummer-Night's Dream: Act III, Scene I: What Angel Wakes Me From My Flowery Bed?
22. Much Ado About Nothing: Act V, Scene IV: Do Not You Love Me?
23. The Merchant Of Venice: Act V, Scene I: How Sweet The Moonlight
24. A Midsummer-Night's Dream: Act II, Scene I: I Am Your Spaniel
25. All's Well That Ends Well: Act I, Scene I: My Idolatrous Fancy Must Sanctify His Reliques
26. As You Like It: Act II, Scene IV: Oh Phebe, Phebe, Phebe!
27. Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will: Act I, Scene I: If Music Be The Food Of Love, Play On
28. Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will: Act II, Scene IV: Like Patience On A Monument
29. A Midsummer-Night's Dream: Act I, Scene I: Now, Fair Hippolyta, Our Nuptial Hour
30. Romeo And Juliet: Act II, Scene VI: This Dear Encounter
31. Othello, The Moor Of Venice: Act Iv, Scene III: Does Thou In Conscience Think
32. The Comedy Of Errors: Act II, Scene II: I Am Not Adriana Nor Thy Wife
33. Julius Caesar: Act II, Scene I: Dwell I But In The Suburbs Of Your Good Pleasure?
34. A Midsummer-Night's Dream: Act III, Scene II: Like To A Double Cherry
35. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act III, Scene II: Give Me That Man That Is Not Passion's Slave
36. The Merchant Of Venice: Act I, Scene I: To You, Antonio
37. Coriolanus: Act I, Scene III: His Good Report Should Have Been My Son
38. The Taming Of The Shrew: Act II, Scene I: Call You Me Daughter?
39. Pericles: Act V, Scene I: I Am Wild In My Beholding
40. The Winter's Tale: Act V, Scene III: You Gods, Look Down
41. King Lear: Act IV, Scene VII: I Think This Lady To Be My Child Cordelta
42. The Tempest: Act I, Scene II: If By Your Art
43. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act I, Scene II: I Know Not Seems
44. The Life And Death Of King John: Act III, Scene IV: Grief Fills The Room Up Of My Absent Child
45. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act I, Scene II: O, That This Too Too Solid Flesh
46. The Tragedy Of King Richard III: Act IV, Scene IV: Ah, My Young Princess
47. Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred? - Frank Wood
48. Beauty Itself Doth of Itself Persuade - Richard Burton
49. God Bless My Ladies! Are They All in Love - Helen Bourne, Felicity Kendal, Geraldine McEwan, Judy Parfitt
50. O She Doth Teach the Torches to Burn Bright - Michael Sheen
51. It With His Tongue, He Cannot Win a Woman - Peter Wyngarde
52. Fair Katherine, And Most Fair - Ian Holm
53. Good Morrow, Kate - Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor
54. Was Ever Woman in the Humor Woo'd? - Elaine Barrie, John Barrymore
55. She Lov'd Me for the Dangers I Had Pass'd - Paul Robeson
56. Honorable Lady of the House, Which Is She? - Siobhan McKenna, Vanessa Redgrave
57. Love Me! Why, It Must Be Requited - Rex Harrison
58. Come Woo Me, Woo Me - Keith Michell, Keith Mitchell, Vanessa Redgrave
59. This Bud of Love - Kate Beckinsale, Michael Sheen
60. Love Is a Spirit All Compact of Fire - Max Adrian
61. Perditton Catch My Soul, But I Do Love Thee - Paul Robeson
62. Give Me to Drink Mandragon - Pamela Brown, Caroline John, Ronnie Stevens
63. Come, Night, Come, Romeo - Kate Beckinsale
64. O Coz, Coz, Coz - Vanessa Redgrave
65. I Am Giddy - Jeremy Brett
66. How Now, My Love! - Cathy Sara, Benjamin Soames
67. What Angel Wakes Me from My Flowery Bed? - Warren Mitchell, Sarah Woodward
68. Do Not You Love Me? - Rex Harrison, Rachel Roberts
69. How Sweet the Moonlight - Ian Holm
70. I Am Your Spaniel - Jaime Glover, Emily Raymond
71. My Idolatrous Fancy Must Sanctify His Reliques - Claire Bloom
72. O Phebe, Phebe, Phebe! - Norman Rossington, Terence Scully
73. It Music Be the Fool of Love, Play On - Robert Hardy
74. Like Patience on a Monument - Robert Hardy
75. Now Fair Hippolyta, Our Nuptial Hour - Jack Gwillim, Patricia Routledge
76. This Dear Encounter - Claire Bloom, Albert Finney
77. Does Thou in Conscience Think - Celia Johnson, Anna Massey
78. I Am Not Adriana nor Thy Wife - Anna Massey
79. Dwell I But in the Suburbs of Your Good Pleasure? - Anthony Quayle
80. Like to a Double Cherry - Emily Raymond
81. Give Me That Man That Is Not Passion's Slave - Richard Burton
82. To You, Antonio - Harry Andrew, Jeremy Brett
83. His Good Report Should Have Been My Son - Tarn Bassett, Jessica Tandy
84. Call You Me Daughter? - Margaret Leighton
85. I Am Wild in My Beholding - Paul Scofield
86. You Gods, Look Down - Peggy Ashcroft
87. I Think This Lady to Be My Child Cordelia - Ann Bell, Paul Scofield
88. If by Your Art - Anna Massey
89. I Know Not Seems - Susan Engel, Anton Lesser
90. Grief Fills the Room Up of My Absent Child - Rosemary Harris
91. O, That This Too Too Solid Flesh - Richard Burton
92. Ah, My Young Princes - Peggy Ashcroft, June Jago

Disc 3:

1. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act III, Scene I: I Say, We Will Have No More Marriages
2. Antony And Cleopatra: Act IV, Scene XII: All Is Lost; This Foul Egyptian Hath Betrayed Me
3. The Two Gentlemen Of Verona: Act IV, Scene II: Thou Subtle, Perjur'd False Disloyal Man!
4. The Merchant Of Venice: Act V, Scene I: The Man That Hath No Music In Himself
5. Measure For Measure: Act II, Scene IV: Who Will Believe Thee, Isabel?
6. The Tempest: Act I, Scene II: I Know How To Curse
7. The Tempest: Act I, Scene II: Abhorred Slave
8. The Tempest: Act II, Scene II: All The Infections That The Sun Sucks Up
9. Troilus And Cressida: Act II, Scene I: I Would Thou Didst Itch From Head To Foot
10. The First Part Of King Henry IV: Act II, Scene IV: How Long Is't Ago, Jack, Thou Sawest Thine Own...
11. Much Ado About Nothing: Act I, Scene I: What, My Dear Lady Disdain! Are You Yet Living?
12. The Taming Of The Shrew: Act II, Scene I: Good Sister, Wrong Me Not
13. The Tragedy Of King Richard II: Act II, Scene I: A Lunatic Lean-Witted Fool
14. The Tragedy Of King Richard III: Act I, Scene III: Stay, Dog, For Thou Shalt Hear Me
15. Coriolanus: Act I, Scene I: What's The Matter, You Dissentious Rogues
16. The Merchant Of Venice: Act I, Scene III: Signior Antonio...You Have Rated Me
17. King Lear: Act IV, Scene II: O Goneril! You Are Not Worth The Dust
18. King Lear: Act I, Scene IV: Hear, Nature, Hear Dear Goddess, Hear!
19. King Lear: Act III,Scene II: Blow Winds And Crack Your Cheeks
20. Othello, The Moor Of Venice: Act I, Scene III: I Hate The Moor
21. The Winter's Tale: Act I, Scene II: Inch-Thick, Knee-Deep
22. Othello, The Moor Of Venice: Act III, Scene III: I Had Been Happy
23. Romeo And Juliet: Act I, Scene I: Draw Thy Tool!
24. Romeo And Juliet: Act III, Scene I: I Am Fortune's Fool
25. Titus Andronicus: Act II, Scene III: Vengeance Is In My Heart
26. King Lear: Act III, Scne VII: Out, Vile Felly!
27. The Tragedy Of King Richard III: Act IV, Scene II: I Am Not In The Giving Vein Today
28. The Tragedy Of King Richard III: Act IV, Scene II: Is Thy Name Tyrrel?
29. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act IV, Scene VII: What Would You Undertake
30. Macbeth: Act I, Scene V: Great Glamis!
31. Macbeth: Act I, Scene VII: If It Were Done When 'Tis Done
32. Macbeth: Act II, Scene I: Is This A Dagger I See Before Me
33. The Tragedy Of King Richard II: Act V, Scene V: I Have Been Studying
34. Othello, The Moor Of Venice: Act V, Scene II: It Is The Cause
35. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act III, Scene III: Now Might I Do It Pat
36. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act III, Scene III: O, My Offence Is Rank
37. The Tragedy Of King Richard III: Act V, Scene III: Give Me Another Horse
38. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act V, Scene II: Give Me Your Pardon, Sir
39. The Tempest: Act V, Scene I: I'll Be Wise
40. All Is Lost; This Foul Egyptian Hath Betrayed Me - Anthony Quayle
41. Thou Subtle, Perjur'd False Disloyal Man! - Joanna Dunham
42. Man That Hath No Music in Himself - Ian Holm
43. Who Will Believe Thee, Isabel? - John Gielgud
44. I Know How to Curse - Hugh Griffith
45. Abhorred Slave - Michael Redgrave
46. All the Infections That the Sun Sucks Up - Hugh Griffith
47. I Would Thou Didst Itch from Head to Foot - Cyril Cusack
48. How Long Is't Ago, Jack, Thou Savest Thine Own Knee? - Richard Johnson, Anthony Quayle
49. What, My Dear Lady Disdain! Are You Yet Living? - Rex Harrison, Rachel Roberts
50. Good Sister, Wrong Me Not - Elvi Hale, Margaret Leighton, Miles Malleson
51. Lunatic Lean-Witted Me Not - John Gielgud, Leo McKern
52. Stay, Dog, For Thou Shalt Hear Me - Peggy Ashcroft, Robert Stephens
53. What's the Matter, You Dissentious Rogues - Richard Burton
54. Signior Antonio...You Have Rated Me - Hugh Griffith
55. O Goneril! You Are Not Worth the Dust - Michael Aldridge, Pamela Brown
56. Hear, Nature, Hear Dear Goddess, Hear! - Paul Scofield
57. Blow Winds and Crack Your Cheeks - Paul Scofield
58. I Hate the Moor - José Ferrer
59. Inch-Thick, Knee-Deep - John Gielgud
60. I Had Been Happy - José Ferrer, Paul Robeson
61. Draw Thy Tool! - Peter Bayliss, Wallas Eaton, Christopher Guinee, Ronnie Stevens
62. I Am Fortune's Fool - Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
63. Vengeance Is in My Heart - Maxine Audley, Anthony Quayle
64. Out, Vile Jelly! - Cyril Cusack, Trevor Martin, Rachel Roberts
65. I Am Not in the Giving Vein Today - John Barrymore
66. If Thy Name Tyrrel? - John Barrymore
67. What Would You Undertake - Edward de Souza, Jaime Glover,
68. Great Glamis! - Judith Anderson, Jamie Evans
69. If It Were Done When 'Tis Done - Orson Welles
70. Is This a Dagger I See Before Me - Orson Welles
71. I Have Been Studying - John Gielgud
72. It Is the Cause - Paul Robeson, Blanche Yurka
73. Now Might I Do It Pat - Anton Lesser
74. O My Offense Is Rank - Alfred Drake
75. Give Me Another Horse - Robert Stephens
76. Give Me Your Pardon, Sir - Anton Lesser
77. I'll Be Wise - Hugh Griffith

Disc 4:

1. A Midsummer-Night's Dream: Act V, Scene I: Now The Hungry Lion Roars
2. Macbeth: Act I, Scene I: When Shall We Three Meet Again
3. Macbeth: Act I, Scene III: So Foul And Fair A Day
4. Macbeth: Act IV, Scene I: Double, Double Toil And Trouble
5. Julius Caesar: Act IV, Scene III: Thou Shall See Me At Phillipi.
6. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act I, Scene V: Oh My Prophetic Soul!
7. Macbeth: Act III, Scene IV: Sweet Remembrancer!
8. The Second Part Of King Henry IV: Act III, Scene I: O Sleep, O Gentle Sleep
9. Macbeth: Act II, Scene II: Sleep No More!
10. Julius Caesar: Act II, Scene I: I Have Not Slept
11. Julius Caesar: Act II, Scene II: She Dreamt To-Night
12. The Tragedy Of King Richard III: Act I, Scene IV: What Was Your Dream?
13. A Midsummer-Night's Dream: Act IV, Scene I: When My Cue Comes, Call Me
14. Romeo And Juliet: Act I, Scene IV: O, Then, I See Queen Mab Hath Been With You
15. Romeo And Juliet: Act I, Scene IV: I Fear, Too Early
16. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act V, Scene II: We Defy Augury
17. Macbeth: Act V, Scene III: I Have Lived Long Enough
18. The Second Part Of King Henry IV: Act III, Scene II: We Have Heard The Chimes At Midnight
19. King Lear: Act IV, Scene VI: It Smells Of Mortality
20. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act I, Scene II: All That Lives Must Die
21. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act V, Scene I: How Long Hast Thou Been A Grave-Maker?
22. Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will: Act II, Scene IV: Come Away, Come Away, Death
23. Measure For Measure: Act III, Scene I: Be Absolute For Death
24. Measure For Measure: Act III, Scene I: If I Must Die
25. The Tragedy Of King Richard II: Act III, Scene II: Of Comfort No Man Speak
26. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act III, Scene I: To Be Or Not To Be
27. Macbeth: Act I, Scene I: Nothin In His Life Became Him Like The Leaving It
28. Macbeth: Act V, Scene VIII: Lay On MacDuff
29. The Tragedy Of King Richard III: Act V, Scene IV: The Bloody Dog Is Dead
30. The First Part Of King Henry IV: Act V, Scene IV: O Harry Thou Hast Robb'd Me Of My Youth
31. Coriolanus: Act V, Scene VI: Cut Me To Pieces
32. Julius Caesar: Act V, Scene V: I Kill'd Not Thee With Half So Good A Will
33. Othello, The Moor Of Venice: Act V, Scene II: And Smote Him, Thus
34. King Lear: Act V, Scene III: Howl, Howl, Howl, Howl!
35. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act V, Scene II: The Rest Is Silence
36. Antony And Cleopatra: Act IV, Scene XV: I Am Dying, Egypt, Dying
37. Antony And Cleopatra: Act V, Scene II: I Have Immortal Longings In Me
38. The Life Of King Henry V: Act II, Scene III: Falstaff He Is Dead
39. Romeo And Juliet: Act V, Scene III: Ah, Dear Juliet, Why Are Thou Yet So Fair?
40. Romeo And Juliet: Act V, Scene III: O Happy Dagger! This Is Thy Sheath
41. Cymbeline: Act IV, Scene II: Fear No More The Heat O' The Sun
42. The Tempest: Act IV, Scene I: Our Revels Now Are Ended
43. All's Well That Ends Well: Act I, Scene I: Little Helen Farewell/The Tempest: Act II, Scene II...
44. Now the Hungry Lion Roars - Ian Hughes
45. When Shall We Three Meet Again
46. So Foul and Fair a Day - Alec Guinness
47. Double, Double Toil and Trouble
48. Thou Shall See Me at Philippi - Brutus Quayle, Ralph Richardson
49. O My Prophetic Soul! - Richard Burton, John Gielgud
50. Sweet Remembrancer - Fay Bainter, Orson Welles
51. O Sleep, O Gentle Sleep - Harry Andrews
52. Sleep No More - Alec Guinness
53. I Have Not Slept - Anthony Quayle
54. She Dreamt To-Night - Ralph Richardson
55. What Was Your Dream? - Jeremy Brett, Geraldine James
56. When My Cue Comes, Call Me and I Will Answer - Warren Mitchell
57. O, Then, I See Queen Mab Hath Been With You - Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
58. I Fear, Too Early - Michael Sheen
59. We Defy Augury - Anton Lesser
60. I Haue Lived Long Enough - Alec Guinness
61. We Have Heard the Chimes at Midnight - Anthony Quayle
62. It Smells of Mortality - Cyril Cusack, Paul Scofield
63. All That Lives Must Die - Eileen Herlie
64. How Long Hast Thow Been a Grave-Maker? - Richard Burton, George Rose, George Rose
65. Come Away, Come Away, Death - Norman Rossington
66. Be Absolute for Death - Ralph Richardson
67. If I Must Die - Tony White
68. Of Comfort No Man Speak - John Gielgud
69. To Be or Not to Be - John Barrymore
70. Nothing in His Life Became Him Like the Leaving It
71. Lay on MacDuff - Alec Guinness
72. Bloody Dog Is Dead - Robert Stephens
73. O Harry Thou Hast Robbed Me of My Youth - Richard Johnson, Anthony Quayle, Michael Redgrave
74. Cut Me to Pieces - Richard Burton
75. I Kill'd Not Thee With Half So Good a Will - Anthony Quayle
76. And Smote Him, Thus - Paul Robeson
77. Howl, Howl, Howl, Howl! - Paul Scofield
78. Rest Is Silence - Richard Burton
79. I Am Dying, Egypy, Dying - Pamela Brown, Anthony Quayle
80. I Have Immortal Longings in Me - Pamela Brown
81. Falstaff If Dead - Pauline Jameson, John Lurie
82. Ah, Dear Juliet, Why Are Thou Yet So Fair? - Michael Sheen
83. Happy Dagger! This Is Thy Sheath - Kate Beckinsale, Heathcote Williams
84. Fear No More the Heat O' the Sun - John Dane, Robert Palmer
85. Our Revels Now Are Ended - Michael Redgrave
86. Farewells: Little Helen Farewell/Farewell Master Farewell Farewell/And - Edward de Souza, Ethel Griffies, Hugh Griffith, Richard Johnson, Anthony Quayle, , Cathy Sara, Robert Stephens,

Disc 5:

1. Romeo And Juliet: Act I, Scene I
2. Romeo And Juliet: Act I, Scene II
3. Romeo And Juliet: Act I, Scene III
4. Romeo And Juliet: Act I, Scene IV
5. Romeo And Juliet: Act I, Scene V
6. Romeo And Juliet: Act II, Scene I
7. Romeo And Juliet: Act II, Scene II
8. Romeo And Juliet: Act II, Scene III
9. Romeo And Juliet: Act II, Scene IV
10. Romeo And Juliet: Act II, Scene V
11. Romeo And Juliet: Act II, Scene VI
12. Act I, Scene I - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
13. Act I, Scene III - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
14. Act I, Scene IV - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
15. Act I, Scene V - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
16. Act II, Scene I - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
17. Act II, Scene II - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
18. Act II, Scene III - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
19. Act II, Scene IV - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
20. Act II, Scene V - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
21. Act II, Scene VI - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh

Disc 6:

1. Romeo And Juliet: Act III, Scene I
2. Romeo And Juliet: Act III, Scene II
3. Romeo And Juliet: Act III, Scene III
4. Romeo And Juliet: Act III, Scene IV
5. Romeo And Juliet: Act III, Scene V
6. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV, Scene I
7. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV, Scene II
8. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV, Scene III
9. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV, Scene IV
10. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV, Scene V
11. Romeo And Juliet: Act V, Scene I
12. Romeo And Juliet: Act V, Scene II
13. Romeo And Juliet: Act V, Scene III
14. Act III, Scene I - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
15. Act III, Scene II - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
16. Act III, Scene III - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
17. Act III, Scene IV - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
18. Act III, Scene V - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
19. Act IV, Scene I - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
20. Act IV, Scene II - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
21. Act IV, Scene III - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
22. Act IV, Scene IV - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
23. Act IV, Scene V - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
24. Act V, Scene I - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
25. Act V, Scene II - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh
26. Act V, Scene III - Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #408128 in Music
• Released on: 1999-07-20
• Number of discs: 6
• Format: Box set

Amazon.com
Be Thou Now Persuaded may convince you of certain things--e.g., that Richard Burton and John Barrymore are as overrated interpreters of Shakespeare as Anthony Quayle and Albert Finney are underrated; or that if a little Shakespeare is good, a lot is not necessarily better--but it is by no means the audio equivalent of Harold Bloom's bestselling Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, the delightful polemic that inspired it. Where Bloom proceeds systematically through the bard's theatrical canon, Persuaded organizes some 180 Shakespearean sound bites, ranging from seconds to minutes in length, on four CDs thematically devoted to death, love, violence, and the beyond, respectively. (Two other discs contain Romeo and Juliet in its entirety.) Selected from among film adaptations and audio recordings, the best of the decontextualized fragments render full-length scenes and soliloquies, while the shorter ones would probably be great filler for your next mix tape. --Richard Gehr

Customer Reviews

Shakespeare enthusiasts will be in Heaven
Long ago,before the age of home VCRs,the only way one could experience a Shakespeare performance ,whenever they wished,was to go to a better-than-average record store and head straight for the Spoken Word section,where there would be a generous supply of complete Shakespeare plays and recordings of other author's works. The most notable label in this field was Caedmon Records,a label exclusively devoted to spoken word LP's,all of them featuring such noted actors as Sir Ralph Richardson,Paul Scofield,Claire Bloom,Albert Finney,etc.Occasionally another label,such as Columbia or RCA Victor would record a noted stage production of a play--Columbia had Richard Burton's "Hamlet" and the Paul Robeson "Othello",and RCA Victor had the Laurence Olivier "Othello",as well as Zeffirelli's stage production of "Much Ado About Nothing". But with the advent of the VCR,most of these albums disappeared altogether, since one could now buy or rent famous Shakespeare films on video,many of which were superior to these albums. (Olivier's "Othello", out on video for three years now,and with almost the identical cast as his stage version,is an example---the LP suffered from too-distant miking--the microphones were hidden,and the performance was totally acted to insure a dynamic performance, rather than read from a script--but the film features close-up sound recording,as well as more subtle acting in most cases.)

However, the all-knowing CD manufacturers decided that CD's are mainly for music,which dealt a further blow to these priceless albums,many of which (Shaw's 1950 "Don Juan In Hell" and the staged reading of Benet's "John Brown's Body",both irreplaceable,unfilmed performances) seem to still be consigned to oblivion.

There now seems to be hope. For the first time since the advent of CD's a high-profile recording company,Ted Turner's Rhino Records,has jumped into the battle to restore these albums to the public.They have issued a huge 6-CD package featuring nearly every great Shakespereran actor that ever made a Shakespeare recording,in excerpts from nearly ALL of Shakespeare plays that range from sound bites to whole scenes. Much of this is truly rare stuff----John Barrymore in two of his most famous solliloquies from "Hamlet", Paul Robeson and José Ferrer in a scene from "Othello", as well as the hilariously outdated and hammily acted Maurice Evans-Judith Anderson 1930's stage performance of "Macbeth"--Evans,familiar to moviegoers as Dr.Zaius in "Planet of the Apes",and TV viewers as Samantha's father in "Bewitched",was once very highly regarded as a Shakesperean actor.He is Shakespeare's worst nightmare,the embodiment of the 19th century actor who uproariously "sings" the verse---John Gielgud exaggerated to the Nth degree.

The bulk of this collection,however, comes from the Caedmon catalog,and although one CAN see superior versions of these plays on video, it is truly gratifying that Ted Turner--of all people---has played an important role in transferring LP Shakespeare to CD. Maybe Heritage Masterworks (on Sony) will take the hint and get to work on "Don Juan In Hell". Another CD company has already beaten them to the Robeson "Othello".

Be Thou Now Persuaded
I have several CD compilations of Shakespeare, including the double CD put out by the BBC and I find this one to be the most pleasing to the ear. With much of Shakespeare (especially the lesser known plays) you have to listen to a lot of fatigue-inducing, archaic, plot propelling passages, before you get to the dream stuff that enlightens and transforms you. The editors of this collection trim out all the fat and offer the choice meat (or if you are a vegetarian, you get the eggplant minus the lima beans). There are all kinds of gems here that I never heard of before I got this collection, that amuse and enflame, even some saucy lines I tried out on my wife. (Her pretty eyes sparkled like a Christmas tree--oh you should have seen her lovely smile...)