Hamlet by William Shakespeare (English) Compact Disc Book

Description: Hamlet by William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Wheelwright, Pierre Arthur Laure, Imogen Stubbs, A. Full Cast Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Compact Disc Condition Brand New Description Distressed by his father's death and his mother's hasty remarriage, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is haunted by a ghostly courier bearing a grim message of murder and revenge. The young prince is driven to the edge of madness as he struggles to understand the situation he finds himself in and to do his duty. Many others, including Hamlet's beloved, the innocent Ophelia, are swept up in his tragedy. Shakespeare's most famous play remains one of the greatest stories in Western literature. Performed by Simon Russell Beale, Imogen Stubbs, Jane Lapotaire, and the Arkangel cast. The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare marks the first time in audio publishing history that all of Shakespeare's plays have been produced by a single creative team. Based word-for-word on The Complete Pelican Shakespeare, each play is presented uncut. Publisher Description ACT IScene 1. The ghost of Old Hamlet, King of Denmark, has appeared to officers guarding the castle of Elsinore. When the apparition is witnessed by Horatio, friend of the Dead Kings son, he fears that it portends ill. He decides to tell young Hamlet, hoping that the ghost might reveal to him the cause of its restlessness.Scene 2. The dead kings brother, Claudius, has assumed the crown and married the widowed Queen Gertrude. He dispatches emissaries to Norway where the kings nephew Fortinbras is threatening Denmark with war. The King and Queen urge young Hamlet to cast off his dark mood. Once alone, the prince vents his violent grief at his fathers death and outrage at his mothers "incestuous" remarriage. Wen Horatio tells Hamlet about the ghost, he too suspects foul play.Scene 3. Laertes warns his sister, Ophelia, not to take seriously Hamlets attentions because, being a prince, he is not free to make his own choices in matters of love. Scene 4. Hamlet and Horatio meet on the battlements. The ghost appears and beckons to Hamlet to follow him. Scene 5. The ghost describes to Hamlet how it was murdered by Claudius. It urges him to revenge the crime.ACT II Scene 1. Polonius, a garrulous counsellor and father to Ophelia and Laertes, instructs Reynaldo to investigate the kind of life Laertes is leading in Paris. Ophelia describes Hamlets bizarre behavior to Polonius who attributes this to her recent rejection of him. Scene 2. The King and Queen ask Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, old friends of Hamlet, to discover the cause of the princes erratic behavior. The King of Norway has stopped Fortinbras preparations for war against Denmark. Polonius takes Hamlets scathing and capricious wit as proof of his insanity. Hamlet greets Rosencrantz and Guildenstern warmly, but becomes suspicious of their motives. He is, however, pleased to hear that a company of players has arrived at Elsinore. Once alone, he berates himself for his failure to undertake his revenge. He plans to have the players enact King Hamlets murder and to observe Claudius reaction as a way of ascertaining his guilt.Act III Scene 1. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have failed to uncover the reason for Hamlets behavior. Hamlet shocks Ophelia with his crude and bitter contempt for women and marriage. Their conversation is overheard by Claudius, who recognizes that it is not thwarted love that is responsible for Hamlets dangerous instability. He resolves to send him on a diplomatic mission to England to get him away from the court. Polonius suggests that Gertrude should persuade Hamlet to confide in her; he himself will eavesdrop on their conversation. Scene 2. Hamlet tells Horatio to watch Claudius during the play for signs of guilt. As a murder identical to that of King Hamlet is enacted, Claudius rises in fright and calls for lights, thus ending the performance. Hamlet is summoned to his mothers closet and vows to "speak daggers to her, but use none." Scene 3. Claudius orders Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to accompany Hamlet to England. Once alone he expresses agony at his dreadful crime. Hamlet comes upon him trying to pray, but desists from killing him on the grounds that, were Claudius to die in prayer, his soul might go to heaven rather than hell. Scene 4. Hamlet harangues Gertrude so violently that she cries out for help. Polonius responds from his hiding place and Hamlet, believing him to be Claudius, stabs through the arras, killing him. He then continues his furious indictment of Gertrude, until the ghost enters, reminding him of his mission. Having implored his mother to repent, he drags away Polonius body.ACT IV Scene 1. Gertrude is now convinced of Hamlets madness and Claudius is determined that he should leave for England immediately. Scene 2. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern beg Hamlet to reveal the whereabouts of Polonius corpse. Scene 3. Hamlet speaks wildly, but when Claudius tells him he must set out for England immediately, he agrees. Left alone, Claudius confesses that he has plotted Hamlets death. Scene 4. Fortinbras is marching with his army to do battle over an unimportant piece of land. Hamlet compares his own wrongs, still unavenged, and resolves to take action at last. Scene 5. Ophelia, deranged with grief at her fathers death, comes to Claudius and Gertrude, singing distractedly. Laertes arrives, hot to avenge Polonius murder. Scene 6. Horatio receives a letter from Hamlet saying that he has been captured by pirates on his way to England and that they have returned him to Denmark. Scene 7. Claudius tells Laertes that he cannot punish Hamlet for Polonius murder because he is loved both by Gertrude and the people of Denmark. He persuades Laertes to wait until an "accidental" death can be arranged for Hamlet; a fencing match will be organized and the tip of Laertes sword will be dipped in poison. Gertrude announces that Ophelia has drowned herself.ACT V Scene 1. A grave is being dug. Hamlet and Horatio arrive, and Hamlet jests with the gravedigger. The grave is Ophelias, and when her funeral procession arrives, Laertes jumps into the grave to bid his sister a last farewell, Hamlet follows, claiming that his love for Ophelia was greater than her brothers; they fight. Claudius urges Laertes to bide his time patiently. Scene 2. Hamlet tells Horatio how, en route for England, he discovered Claudius plot to have him killed. Having forged an order for the deaths of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, he escaped. Osric, a courtier, tells Hamlet of the proposed fencing match with Laertes; Hamlet agrees to take part. The match begins. Gertrude drinks poisoned wine meant by Claudius for Hamlet, should Laertes sword fail to kill him. Hamlet is wounded by the poisoned sword which, in the course of the scuffle, comes to his own hand; he wounds Laertes with it. Dying, Laertes confesses the plot. Hamlet stabs Claudius fatally with the poisoned sword, then dies, naming Fortinbras as his successor. Fortinbras arrives, claims the crown of Denmark, and orders a soldiers funeral for Hamlet.CASTHamlet: Simon Russell Beale / Ophelia: Imogen Stubbs / Gertrude: Jane Lapotaire / Claudius: Bob Peck / Polonius: Norman Rodway / Ghost, Gravedigger: Paul Jesson / Horatio: Alan Cox / Laertes: Damian Lewis / Rosencrantz: John McAndrew / Guildenstern: Clarence Smith / Player King: Clifford Rose / Fortinbras: Chook Sibtain / Marcellus, Osric: Nicholas Rowe / Cornelius, Reynaldo: Alex Boyd-Williams / Prologue, Lucianus, Doctor: Nicholas Murchie / Player Queen: Steven ONeill / Bernardo: Alan Westaway / Francisco: Alex McSweeney / Voltemand: Nick MonuDirector: Clive Brill / Composer: Dominique Le Gendre / Production coordinators: Polly Coles and Charlotte Harvey / Sound engineer: Wilfredo Acosta / Producers: Bill Shepherd and Tom TreadwellTRACK LISTDisc 1Track 1: Act I, Scene iTrack 2: Act I, Scene iiTrack 3: Act I, Scene iiiTrack 4: Act I, Scene ivTrack 5: Act I, Scene vTrack 6: Act II, Scene iTrack 7: Act II, Scene ii (up to line 85)Disc 2Track 1: Act II, Scene ii (from line 85)Track 2: Act III, Scene iTrack 3: Act III, Scene iiTrack 4: Act III, Scene iiiTrack 5: Act III, Scene ivDisc 3Track 1: Act IV, Scene iTrack 2: Act IV, Scene iiTrack 3: Act IV, Scene iiiTrack 4: Act IV, Scene ivTrack 5: Act IV, Scene vTrack 6: Act IV, Scene viTrack 7: Act IV, Scene viiTrack 8: Act V, Scene iTrack 9: Act V, Scene ii Author Biography William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English poet and dramatist of the Elizabethan and early Jacobean period, is the most widely known author in all of English literature and often considered the greatest. He was an active member of a theater company for at least twenty years, during which time he wrote many great plays. Plays were not prized as literature at the time, and Shakespeare was not widely read until the middle of the eighteenth century, when a great upsurge of interest in his works began that continues today.E. A. Copen lives deep in the deep dark woods outside one of the most haunted cities in Ohio. While working a boring retail job, she entertained herself with stories of the fantastic, some of which became books like Guilty by Association, Death Rites, and Broken Empire. She speaks three languages fluently: English, Latin, and sarcasm. E. A. is currently studying to become proficient in memes. Imogen Stubbs made her name on stage with the Royal Shakespearean Company, notably as Desdemona in Othello, but she is probably best known to British audiences as Anna Lee, the private detective heroine on the 1990s TV series by the same name. She later played Sarah Spiller in the whimsical BBC kids series Big Kids. On film she had key roles in Sense and Sensibility and Shakespeares Twelfth Night. She and her former husband, director Sir Trevor Nunn, have two children together. Details ISBN 1932219080 ISBN-13 9781932219081 Title Hamlet Author William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Wheelwright, Pierre Arthur Laure, Imogen Stubbs, A. Full Cast Format Compact Disc Year 2005 Pages 3 Publisher Arkangel GE_Item_ID:12056034; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. 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