Here we have 3 recently broadcast Radio 3 Shakespeare play's.
The Tempest
Romeo & Juliet
Twelfth Night
They're high quality audio & that's reflected in the file size. Hope you like!
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Twelfth Night
DURATION: 2 HOURS
or What You Will,
by William Shakespeare.
A comedy of misrule and a trenchant attack on puritanism as disguise and deceit leads to misadventure, madness and mistaken love in one of Shakespeare's happiest plays. Orsino loves Olivia but she loves Cesario who really does love Orsino for Cesario is actually Viola. But Malvolio believes his mistress Olivia loves him as he is a victim of a trick played on him by those who would make him mad. Shakespeare unravels a comic knot and fashions a masterpiece.
Drama on 3 is featuring new productions of Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest as part of the BBC's Shakespeare Unlocked season. The first two plays, which reflect upon Shakespeare and love are performed by a company of actors including David Tennant and Rosie Cavaliero who won best actor and best actress respectively at the recent Audio Drama Awards.
Essays on Shakespeare and Love can be heard all next week on Radio 3 at 2245
Viola/Cesario ..... Naomi Frederick.
Sebastian ..... Trystan Gravelle.
Sea Captain ..... Gerard McDermott.
Orsino ..... Paul Ready.
Valentine ..... Harry Livingstone.
Maria ..... Rosie Cavaliero.
Sir Toby Belch ..... Ron Cook.
Sir Andrew Aguecheek ..... Adam James.
Olivia ..... Vanessa Kirby.
Feste ..... James Lailey.
Malvolio .... David Tennant.
Fabian ..... Don Gilet.
Antonio ..... Peter Hamilton Dyer.
Music composed by Roger Goula.
Directed by Sally Avens.
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Romeo & Juliet - Drama on 3
Episode 2 of 3,
Shakespeare on 3
DURATION: 2 HOURS
Shakespeare's quick witted summer tragedy, recorded with the same company as Twelfth Night, his melancholic winter comedy, which was the first in this Drama on 3 Shakespeare and Love season. In a town full of hatred, where the streets ring with the Capulet Montague feud, and swords are too easily drawn, Romeo and Juliet find each other, and love, and never let go.
Cast
Romeo ..... Trystan Gravelle
Juliet ..... Vanessa Kirby
Nurse ..... Rosie Cavaliero
Friar Laurence ..... Ron Cook
Prince Escalus ..... David Tennant
Mercutio ..... Paul Ready
Benvolio ..... Adam James
Tybalt ..... Carl Prekopp
Paris ..... Johnny Flynn
Capulet ..... James Lailey
Lady Capulet ..... Naomi Frederick
Montague ..... Peter Hamilton Dyer
Balthasar ..... Don Gilet
Apothecary ... Christine Absalom
Gregory ..... Harry Livingstone
Sampson ..... Joe Sims
Prologue ..... Tracy Wiles
Music ..... Roger Goula
Sound Design ..... Colin Guthrie
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
The second of Drama on 3's season, featuring new productions of Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest, the first plays aired in the pan-BBC Shakespeare Unlocked celebration. The first two plays, which reflect upon Shakespeare and Love are performed by a single company of actors
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The Tempest - Drama on 3
DURATION: 1 HOUR, 50 MINUTES
David Warner is Prospero, with Carl Prekopp as Ariel, Rose Leslie as Miranda and Don Warrington as Gonzalo. Shakespeare's play of magic, romance and revenge. Broadcast as part of the Shakespeare Unlocked season.
Four hundred years after its first performance, Shakespeare's play still captivates audiences with its story of usurping brothers, monsters, magic and romance. Significantly it is also a world in which sound plays a crucial part, with Prospero's island being 'full of noises'. Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place, using illusion and skilful manipulation. A tempest brings Prospero's brother Antonio and Alonso, King of Naples to the island. Once there, Ariel and Prospero's machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio's evil cunning, the redemption of Alonso, and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso's son, Ferdinand.
Prospero...David Warner
Miranda...Rose Leslie
Ariel...Carl Prekopp
Caliban...James Garnon
Ferdinand...Al Weaver
Alonso...Paul Moriarty
Antonio/Boatswain...James Lailey
Sebastian...Peter Hamilton Dyer
Gonzalo...Don Warrington
Trinculo...Don Gilet
Stephano...Gerard McDermott
Ceres...Deeivya Meir
Music written and performed by The Devil's Violin Company
Sarah Moody, Luke Carver Goss and Oliver Wilson-Dickson
Sound production by Caleb Knightley
Adapted for radio and directed by Jeremy Mortimer
David Warner made his stage debut exactly 50 years ago, when he appeared in Tony Richardson's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Court. Three years later, in 1965, he played Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford.
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Does that help?
Yup. :>)
That matches the encodes that I already have.
Have you had a chance to peruse the CAS set?
Bob - sorry, I've only just noticed this! Yes, I have (or at least some of them!) I'm absolutely delighted with it! Funnily enough I put another on my phone this morning - we're off to Hamlet next so I choose that! Thank you again!
I'll upload the CDs from the 4 BBC Box Sets over the next few days - that aren't already here on Timespast.
I'll start with possibly my favourite of all - Macbeth.
Ken Stott is Macbeth, (the gorgeous) Phyllis Logan is Lady Macbeth.
Macbeth CD1 ~ http://ge.tt/3hBLzXe
Macbeth CD2 - http://ge.tt/786d3Ye
Hi David:
As you may have guessed, I have encodes of most of these, but I suspect that mine are from the original broadcasts. (Some have the intro cut).
Would you mind posting the bitrate of your encodes? If they are better than mine, I'll snag yours ... if mine are better, I'll offer them for you to snag. :>)
Bob
Bob
I think it's fair to say I've nabbed enough of your offerings in the past to help out in anyway I can! :-)
The only problem with that is.......................................................... I don't actually know what bitrates are!!! I'm not making that up! But I'll find out and have a look when I get home later!
Of the plays that I've added to this thread, the Drama on 3 stuff is via the (brilliant) Iplayer downloader that Rick introduced me to (which is quite simply one of the best tools I've ever found on the whole world wide thingy), and Macbeth is from the actual CDs. Bascially I just rip them to Itunes and then upload directly to Ge.tt from the MP3 that creates. On the rare occasions where I have to select a "quality" of rip, funnily enough occured on CD1 of Macbeth. Itunes drew a blank on CD1 and didn't have the data, so I filled it in (in a very basic fashion). When you do that and select the rip option, it does ask what quality you want - but just defaults to high! And that's what I choose! I've never really looked beyond that, because whether I play it on my iphone with headphones or through the sound system - it sounds beautiful!
And of course I'm now in a situation where I've written all of the above, and I fully appreciate it might have actually been quicker to just have a look for the bitrate and try and see if I could find - but it was a bit of a Magnus Magnusson I've started so I'll finish situation! :-)
I'll gladly have a look when I get home this evening!
Thank You!! ------------------ R
I know this may not hold much pleasure for people outside of the UK but the BBC are showing new versions of 4 maybe 5 plays later this month into next month.
Richard II Henry IV (parts 1 and 2) and Henry V and I think Julius Caesar in August. You can read more here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/shakespeare/. I am sure these films will show up elsewhere in the future.
Rick - I thought that there were only to be 3 of these, but I was wrong! I dunno if you're picking these up but incase you're not, here you go;
My personal favourite - A Midsummer Night's Dream........ http://ge.tt/1py70eH/
This was recorded on location in a woods in Sussex! I used to live in Sussex (Seaford) but I'm now in Warwickshire. Although I've now got very easy access to Stratford and the RSC, hearing this makes me miss Sussex even more!
Actually, this production is from last year's offerings. It's a decent adaptation
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