The advantage of buying the set is that you will then have the option to listen to any title you choose. This is a breathtaking collection of top-quality productions of each of Shakespeare’s plays, directed by Clive Brill and with original music by Dominique Le Gendre. Now, if this is your thing, you really need to get The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare. Given the hours upon hours I have spent listening to these productions, I am now pleased to share with you my ten very favorite selections. My iPhone has a “Music” playlist, with various Spoken Word sub-genres, including several playlists of performances of Shakespeare. Most people organize their mp3 playlists with different genres of music plus one “Spoken Word” category. Regular readers of the blog know well the extent of this addiction, but what they may not know is the degree to which that addiction includes audio productions of Shakespeare. Which Shakespeare play would you like to hear?Ī few months ago, I wrote a post about my Shakespeare addiction that referenced the Caedmon audio production of As You Like It. The latter case may be considered much more complex.In Shakespeare’s time, people did not go to “see” a play they went to “hear” a play.
the deformity looms much larger in their mind that the physical actuality.) If the deformity is downplayed, as with the Olivier, the audience interpretation is that the character is burdened more by the psychological effects than the physical. If the deformity is pronounced physically in performance, as is generally the case, the audience interpretation is that the physical condition drives the character. Both have a physical impairment that influence their characters. To emphasize the points in this answer, I'll compare portrayal of Richard III and Laura from the Glass Menagerie. Relying on a prosthesis to define the character could be regarded as a crutch, not required for an actor of such consummate skill. Olivier downplayed the humpback because he could-he's that good.However, it may shed light on Olivier's choice to downplay the outward deformity-Olivier was considered the greatest actor of his age and his Richard III film portrayal probably still ranks at the top. This anecdote is primarily a comment on the divide between method acting, in particular as taught by Strasberg, and the more traditional, but highly rigorous and effective RSC training. Olivier is said to have replied: "Dear boy, it's called acting - you should try it." Dustin Hoffman, having stayed up for days to be able to convey his character's exhaustion and confusion, seeing Olivier sitting comfortably in his chair, waiting to shoot, asked Olivier how he was able to make his own performance so real.
This quip derives from a very famous anecdote about acting technique, which reportedly occurred on the set of Marathon Man.
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