Arkangel Shakespeare

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The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare is a notable series of audio drama presentations of 38 of William Shakespeare's 39 plays. It does not include Edward III, having been only recently accepted as part of the canon. They were released from 1998 onwards on cassette and then on CD. The plays are unabridged and based on The Complete Pelican Shakespeare, published by Penguin Classics. The music for all the plays was written and produced by the Trinidadian and Tobagonian composer Dominique Le Gendre.[1] The production features nearly 400 actors, almost all past or present members of the Royal Shakespeare Company. The cast members of each play are listed below.

The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare won the 2004 Audie Award for "Best Audio Drama".[2]

The logo on the box cover features a figure of Shakespeare composed entirely from books, reminiscent of the Renaissance Italian painting The Librarian by Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

All's Well That Ends Well[]

Antony and Cleopatra[]

As You Like It[]

  • Niamh Cusack - Rosalind
  • Stephen Mangan - Orlando
  • Victoria Hamilton - Celia
  • - Oliver
  • Gerard Murphy - Jacques
  • - Touchstone
  • Philip Voss - Duke Senior

The Comedy of Errors[]

Coriolanus[]

Cymbeline[]

Hamlet[]

  • Simon Russell Beale - Hamlet
  • Imogen Stubbs - Ophelia
  • Jane Lapotaire - Gertrude
  • Bob Peck - Claudius
  • Norman Rodway - Polonius
  • Paul Jesson - The Ghost/Gravedigger
  • Alan Cox - Horatio
  • Damian Lewis - Laertes

Henry IV, Part I[]

Henry IV, Part II[]

Henry V[]

Henry VI, Part I[]

Henry VI, Part II[]

Henry VI, Part III[]

Henry VIII[]

  • Paul Jesson - Henry VIII
  • Jane Lapotaire - Queen Katherine
  • Timothy West - Cardinal Wolsey
  • Anton Lesser - Duke of Norfolk
  • - Prologue/Epilogue
  • Katharine Schlesinger - Anne Bullen

Julius Caesar[]

King John[]

King Lear[]

Love's Labour's Lost[]

  • Greg Wise - King of Navarre
  • Samantha Bond - Princess of France
  • Alex Jennings - Berowne
  • Alan Howard - Don Armado
  • Emma Fielding - Rosaline

Macbeth[]

Measure for Measure[]

The Merchant of Venice[]

  • Bill Nighy - Antonio
  • Trevor Peacock - Shylock
  • Julian Rhind-Tutt - Bassanio
  • Haydn Gwynne - Portia
  • David Tennant - Launcelot Gobbo
  • - Nerissa
  • Geoffrey Whitehead - The Duke/Tubal

The Merry Wives of Windsor[]

A Midsummer Night's Dream[]

Much Ado About Nothing[]

Othello[]

Pericles, Prince of Tyre[]

Richard II[]

  • Rupert Graves - Richard II
  • Julian Glover - Henry IV
  • John Wood - John of Gaunt
  • Isla Blair - Duchess of Gloucester
  • - Queen Isabel
  • John Nettleton - York

Richard III[]

Romeo and Juliet[]

  • Joseph Fiennes - Romeo
  • - Juliet
  • Elizabeth Spriggs - Nurse
  • David Tennant - Mercutio
  • Trevor Peacock - Capulet
  • - Tybalt/The Apothecary
  • Clive Swift - Friar Laurence/Chorus

The Taming of the Shrew[]

The Tempest[]

Timon of Athens[]

Titus Andronicus[]

  • David Troughton - Titus
  • Harriet Walter - Tamora
  • Paterson Joseph - Aaron
  • David Burke - Marcus
  • - Saturninus

Troilus and Cressida[]

Twelfth Night[]

The Two Gentlemen of Verona[]

The Two Noble Kinsmen[]

The Winter's Tale[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Issue 46, Bruce Paddington | (2000-11-02). "Dominique Le Gendre — Shakespeare and me". Caribbean Beat. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  2. ^ Audio Publishers Association: 2004 Audies
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