Product Description

This is a collection of the "best of the Bard" as chosen by readers of Classic FM Magazine. An introduction and music of the period places each piece in context, and the selection includes famous speeches and scenes from the plays and a top ten of scenes, speeches or sonnets.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1442027 in Books
• Published on: 1998-10-01
• Released on: 1998-10-02
• Formats: Audiobook, Large Print
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
• Binding: Audio Cassette

About the Author
John Brunning is best known to Classic FM listeners as the presenter of their news programme, and as the voice of 'Smooth Classics at Seven'. Previously he was bass guitarist in the band Mungo Jerry.

Customer Reviews

Classic FM Favourite Shakespeare A Must-Have!
For those fans of Shakespeare who received their first taste reading Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, or any other plays and poetry, for that matter, then Classic FM Favourite Shakespeare will be a welcome trip down memory lane! This recording contains passages such as the famous''To Be Or Not To Be''soliloquy, The Seven Ages of Man, and the familiar witches'chant from Macbeth! What's more, if you are wanting to start building a library of audio books, then you will want to begin with Favourite Shakespeare! Get thee to thy local bookstore!

Patronising and uniformative
The tape wastes a lot of time with Elizabethan music in between readings. The comments that help to put the readings in context are fatuous and contrived. The actual reading have been grouped in a rather contrived way..the 7 ages of man...and have been assigned a grouping sometimes on the slimmest of rationales.

Rather than inspiring a newcomer to read more shakespeare this tape is in danger of killing any interest stone dead!