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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Naxos AudioBooks)

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This review refer to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare -Naxos Audio Book(CD) Full Cast With Complete Text From New Cambridge Shakespeare

Who better to tell you a story than The Bard himself? And in this one he takes you away to a fairytale land of magic potions, fairy dust and "rare visions". Add some lords and ladies, some romance and delicious comedy and you'll be smiling all the way through.

All the elements for an enjoyable romp are here. Impish fairies spreading their magic turn the lives of four young lovers upside down with their mystical spells. A bumbling acting troupe finds one of it's members turned into a donkey, yet the object of the fairy queen's affections. All taking place in a beautiful moonlit forest. Will these sprites make everything right for these mere mortals? You'll have a merry time finding out!


Warren Mitchell as Bottom, Michael Maloney as Oberon, and Sarah Woodward as Titania lead a terrific full cast performance that will take you on this enchanted journey. Music between the scenes programmed by Neville Jason will have you caught up in the time era as well.

The audio book consists of 3 CDs and is an excellent quality. All dialogue is clear and distinct and sounds great on the stereo. Naxos has done a wonderful recording job. It also comes with a booklet that has cast bios, track listings for each disc and some notes on the play and it's stage history. Total running time of the entire play is 2 hours and 19 minutes. Naxos has this listed as a classic drama,although I've always considered it as a romantic comedy.


Recommended for a delightful way to spend a couple of hours around the house or in the car. Would also make a nice gift for the audio enthusiast
Thanx and...enjoy the read....Laurie

more classic lit on great audio reads:Great Expectations (The Classic Collection)
and:A Christmas Carol

This recording of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Nights Dream"

is part of a series of recordings on the Naxos Audiobooks label.

Slowly they are putting together some very good to excellent

recordings of the plays and sonnets of the "Bard of Avon"

This recording perfectly captures the spirit of the play and

the music in the background brings a new feeling to the play.

All the perfoming versions of the plays released so far are based

on the Cambridge Shakespeare Edition. All can be easily

recommended.

This audiobook cd is a WASTE OF MONEY because you CAN'T HEAR IT!!! I'm not sure if something happened during the recording of it, or if they thought it didn't need to be loud because people might only listen in their cars. I bought this to use in my classroom during the reading of the play. We could not hear it-even at full volume on my CD player. I even tried it on my surround sound stereo at home-same thing. This is a poor product-SAVE YOUR MONEY!