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The second play in William Shakespeare's tetralogy of plays which also includes "Richard II", "Henry IV, Part 2", and "Henry V", "Henry IV, Part 1" is believed to have been written no later than 1597. A history play, the drama concerns the unquiet reign of Henry Bolingbroke. Following the usurpation of the throne, Henry IV is plagued with guilt over his role in the imprisonment and death of King Richard II. In order to resolve himself of this internal...
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Hamlet is commonly, regarded as one of the greatest plays ever written. Drawing on Danish chronicles and the Elizabethan vogue for revenge tragedy, Shakespeare created a play that is at once a philosophic treatise, a family drama, and a supernatural thriller. In the wake of his father's death, Prince Hamlet finds that his Uncle Claudius has swiftly taken the throne and married his mother, Queen Gertrude. The ghost of the dead king then, appears and...
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Shakespeare's lighthearted comedy of mistaken identity, tangled lovers, meddling fairies, and bumbling amateur actors set in a wood on Midsummer Night is vividly retold in this special live radio performance first broadcast on the Bard's birthday, April 23, 1994, on WBAI-FM in New York City. This enchanting reinterpretation will delight both those who know and love the works of Shakespeare and those who have yet to discover them.
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The Passionate Pilgrim, a collection of beautiful verses by Shakespeare and other contemporary poets, is here paired with the Bard's intriguing allegorical work The Phoenix and the Turtle, which focuses on the love and death of two birds a Phoenix and a Turtle Dove. Mysterious and haunting, these rarely recorded works are richly rewarding, performed to perfection by Gerard Logan. Highly praised for his performance of Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece,...
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"Was ihr wollt", Teil 4 der Shakespeare/Brasch-Reihe, ist eine der bekanntesten und beliebtesten Komödien des großen Dramatikers. Ein burleskes Stück mit derben Späßen, Verwechslungen und Liebes-Wirren, dem jedoch auch eine seltsame Melancholie innewohnt. Ein vielschichtiges Werk mit zahlreichen unerwarteten Wendungen, an dessen Anfang ein Schiffsunglück vor der Küste Illyriens steht und das am Ende dann doch noch zwei glückliche Liebespaar...
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Das größte Liebesdrama der Weltliteratur: von jugendlichem Übermut und altem Hass.
Das um 1595/96 entstandene Drama gilt als erste Liebestragödie der englischen Literatur und ist bis heute eines der erfolgreichsten Stücke von William Shakespeare.
"Die Thalbach spricht alle Rollen, ist mit krächzender Stimme die komische Amme, gibt dunkel rauchig die verfeindete Clanjugend, findet rauschhaft zarte Töne fürs Liebespaar. Mitreißend." Tages...
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Ein Klassiker der Liebesdichtung: Die Liebesgöttin Venus verliebt sich in den schönen Adonis und bietet all ihre Verführungskünste auf, um ihn für sich zu gewinnen. William Shakespeare gelingt mit "Venus und Adonis" eine Erzählung voller Sinnlichkeit und spielerischem Witz, die zu Shakespeares Lebzeiten die populärste seiner Dichtungen war.
9) Richard III
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"Richard III", Teil 5 der Shakespeare/Brasch-Edition, ist eines der frühesten historischen Stücke des großen Dramatikers und zugleich eines der blutigsten.
Der hässliche und missgebildete Richard, Herzog von Gloster, kennt nur ein Ziel: er will die Krone Englands. Hinterhältig bringt er seine Brüder um, heiratet eine der Witwen, lässt seine kleinen Neffen und jeden anderen Konkurrenten ermorden. Shakespeare schuf mit ihm einen der größten...
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"Wie es euch gefällt" wurde im September 2006 auf Platz 4 der hr2-Hörbuchbestenliste gewählt!:
"Katharina Thalbach trägt den Text mit allen Regieanweisungen so temperamentvoll und emphatisch vor, dass man meint, das Stück vor sich zu sehen."
Rosalind schwärmt für Orlando, Celia vergöttert Rosalind, Silvius wirbt um Phoebe, Phoebe hat sich in die als Mann verkleidete Rosalind verliebt, und Orlando brennt vor Liebe für Rosalind. Sie alle sind...
11) Macbeth
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Auftakt der Reihe "Katharina Thalbach liest Shakespeare in der Übersetzung von Thomas Brasch"
Machtgier, Verführung, Mord und Wahnsinn - "Macbeth" ist Shakespeares kürzeste und zugleich dunkelste Tragödie. Die Geschichte eines Mannes, der mit Hilfe seiner Frau zum blutigsten aller schottischen Könige aufsteigt. Und wieder zu Fall gebracht wird.
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"Katharina Thalbach findet für jede der...
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The Rape of Lucrece is a brilliant, brutal narrative poem giving an account of the terrible crime of rape and its dreadful consequences for victim and perpetrator. As ever, though, Shakespeare goes beyond the obvious, following the ramifications of the crime wherever they take him, shining a light on a band of human-behaviour encompassing the bestial and the beautiful. Gerard Logan's reading of Shakespeare's 1594 work is a stunning performance. Olivier...
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Includes a wide range of the works of Shakespeare, featuring Henry Irving; Ellen Tracy; Herbert Beerbohm Tree; John Barrymore; John Gielgud; Sybil Thorndike; Hugh Casson; Laurence Olivier; and many more. With other memorable performances from Charles Laughton; Edith Evans; Laurel & Hardy; Bransby Williams; Dylan Thomas; Sarah Bernhardt; and others.
14) Henry VI, Part 2
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The second play in Shakespeare's "War of the Roses Tetralogy", this work continues Shakespeare's account of King Henry VI's reign. It commences with the marriage of Henry VI with the French noblewoman Margaret of Anjou, whose influence in court is, challenged by Duke Humphrey, the King's Protector. There is a large amount of aristocratic subversion in this play, in which the good Duke Humphrey is fatally, ensnared. Richard, the Duke of York, emerges...
15) Henry VI, Part 3
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The third play of Shakespeare's "War of the Roses Tetralogy", this "Part III" is widely regarded as the best of the three works on Henry VI. The Bard's skill in producing scenes of moving drama is readily apparent, for Queen Margaret journeys to France in search of military aid, after King Henry brokers a deal with his enemy Richard, Duke of York, for physical protection. Many bloody and heart-rending battles take place in this play as the War of...
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40 of William Shakespeare's major works in one collection with active table of contents: All's Well That Ends Well; Antony and Cleopatra; The Comedy of Errors; The Tragedie of Coriolanus; Cymbeline; The Tragedie of Hamlet; The First Part of Henry the Fourth; The Second Part of Henry the Fourth; The Life of Henry the Fifth; The First Part of Henry the Sixth; The Second Part of Henry the Sixth; The Third Part of Henry the Sixth; Julius Caesar; The Life...
17) King Richard III
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Villainy and Treachery-- Richard III tells of the story of how Richard steals the kingdom from his young nephew after the death of his brother Edward. There is much murder and treachery until Richmond leads a revolt against Richard. Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
18) Henry VI, Part 1
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The first play of Shakespeare's "War of the Roses Tetralogy", which includes "Henry VI, Part 2", "Henry VI, Part 3", and "Richard III", "Henry VI, Part 1" is set during the lifetime of King Henry VI and deals with the loss of England's French territories and the political events that lead to the War of the Roses. The play was, written sometime, before 1591 and is, among some of the Bard's earliest works. "Henry VI, Part 1" was, published in the "First...
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The king of Thebes is a tyrant but his young relatives, Palamon and Arcite, defend him anyway. The two noble kinsmen find their loyalty rewarded with imprisonment when they end up on the losing side of a battle with the great hero, Theseus of Athens. From the window of their jail they observe Emilia, the sister-in-law of their conqueror, whose stunning beauty shatters their vow of eternal brotherhood. Now the former friends must find a way to evade...
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"English Songs and Ballads" by William Shakespeare, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Wordsworth, John Fletcher, Walter Scott, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Cowper, Robert Burns, William Makepeace Thackeray, Thomas Moore, Robert Browning, Oliver Goldsmith, James Hogg, William Blake, John Keats, Lord Byron, Lord Tennyson. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary...
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