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King Lear
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Letto da: Trevor Peacock, Clive Merrison, full cast
- Durata: 3 ore e 8 min
- Categorie: Letteratura e Narrativa, Classici
Sintesi dell'editore
This shattering drama of isolation and loss is one of the greatest tragedies in world literature.
King Lear of Britain has three daughters: the hard-hearted Goneril and Regan, and the good and gentle Cordelia. He determines to divide his kingdom between them, giving the largest share to she who can say she loves him the best. Lear's tragic lack of judgment and self-knowledge is paralleled by the blindness of the loyal Gloucester who is persuaded to reject his virtuous son, Edgar, in favor of the villainous Edmund.
Lear is played by Trevor Peacock and Gloucester by Clive Merrison. Penny Downie is Goneril, Samantha Bond is Regan, and Julia Ford is Cordelia. Edgar is played by David Tennant, Edmund by Gerard Murphy, and the Fool by John Rogan.
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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- turbopro
- 10/08/2016
tragedy par excellence
one of Shakespeare's finest. the cast did a great job. I almost shed a tear. do good while you can while you breathe.
9 people found this helpful
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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Lettura5 out of 5 stars
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Storia5 out of 5 stars
- Kevin Johnson
- 16/11/2018
heartfelt rendition pulls no punches
A profound performance on every level. Peacock at his best with an unforgettable and uncredited turn by David Tenant.
4 people found this helpful
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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Lettura5 out of 5 stars
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Storia5 out of 5 stars
- Theresa May
- 19/11/2020
Great way to “read” Shakespeare!
It always takes me a little while to fall into the rhythm of Shakespeare’s plays. With the audio book, I can listen for 15 minutes or so then restart from the beginning to take full advantage of Shakespeare’s words. The actors did a wonderful job and the man who played the King sounds like he could do voice over work for an anthropomorphized bear! A fitting voice for Lear! The recording sounded like it skipped a little in a couple of places but it wasn’t very distracting really.
2 people found this helpful
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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Lettura4 out of 5 stars
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Storia5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 25/11/2019
Compelling performance
Fine dramatization, as good as BBC. I really appreciated the Lear voice. Some weird "blop-blop" music is arresting...
1 person found this helpful
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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Lettura5 out of 5 stars
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Storia5 out of 5 stars
- Yas
- 27/11/2020
Inspirational
Shakespeare always gives you more than you bargained for. The sisters personify the contrasting elements in life, just as Lear symbolizes life itself.
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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Lettura5 out of 5 stars
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Storia5 out of 5 stars
- Christa South
- 14/11/2020
A Tragedy of Love’s Trust
Good rendition of King Lear’s tragic need to have his ego fed by words, not trusting in just acts. As King Lear had everything, but also as king he lost everything, ending up the poorest of the poor, after the loss of his daughters. Clear and well-spoken actors did a great job defining the roles.
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Generale3 out of 5 stars
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Lettura5 out of 5 stars
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Storia3 out of 5 stars
- Ray r
- 27/10/2020
Difficult to follow
Great story, great performance, hard to follow due to it being a play. Often time you do not know whom is speaking
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Generale3 out of 5 stars
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Lettura5 out of 5 stars
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Storia3 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 01/11/2018
Blame the medium here, not the play itself...
Plays are sometimes hard to follow without being able to see actors and staging, so on. It was sometimes difficult to know which character was speaking or necessarily what was happening. Still, Shakespeare is 10's and this production company (using members of the Royal Shakespeare Company) does 5-star performances
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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- Sheri Chehovits
- 13/10/2018
Best listening
Arkangel Shakespeare is the only one I prefer it matches the Oxford book the best. Great discovery will only and always go with listening to Arkangel. Thank you.
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Generale3 out of 5 stars
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Lettura3 out of 5 stars
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Storia4 out of 5 stars
- Ryan
- 26/01/2018
hard to tell characters apart
the voices are similar enough that King Lear and one or two others sound similar, and it became confusing. otherwise I liked it
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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Lettura5 out of 5 stars
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Storia5 out of 5 stars
- Kniphofia
- 05/03/2016
Heartbreaking
If you could sum up King Lear in three words, what would they be?
Humanity, godless, tragic
Who was your favorite character and why?
Edgar is one of the most difficult parts in the play, but David Tennant was very good.
What about the narrators’s performance did you like?
The whole cast was good.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Bawled my eyes out at the end.
Any additional comments?
The play translated surprisingly easy to audio. I've seen it many times in the theatre.
3 people found this helpful
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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Lettura5 out of 5 stars
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Storia5 out of 5 stars
- D. Oneill
- 01/06/2018
Excellent
Thoroughly convincing adaptation of Shakespeare's exploration of senile decline and corrupting power. The blinding of Gloucester was as shocking in sound as it is on stage. Distinct voices permit tracking of characters even for those who, unlike Shakespeare's devotees, might not be familiar with the play.
1 person found this helpful
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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Lettura5 out of 5 stars
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Storia5 out of 5 stars
- J. G.
- 05/07/2017
Excellent
Very pleased with the rendition. All the characters well-articulated and dramatized, no difficulty following (and appreciating!) the whole.
1 person found this helpful