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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The new standard for the Bard on audio,
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This review is from: Twelfth Night (Arkangel Complete Shakespeare) (Audio Cassette)
...this new Arkangel recording of Twelfth Night, part of a complete Shakespeare project, sets a new standard. The play's melancholy overtones, delicately poised between exhilarating comedy and quiet grief, reverberate in this marvellously fresh and up-to-date version. A Twelfth Night for the nineties and beyond! The compex action is communicated clearly and movingly, the language is spoken sweetly and smoothly; all the emotions come through as clearly as if one were watching a stage production. Thankyou Arkangel!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great recording,
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This review is from: Twelfth Night (Arkangel Complete Shakespeare) (Audio Cassette)
I agree with another reviewer that the Arkangel recording is vastly superior to the Caedmon one. Viola is the key to the whole play, and in the Caedmon recording she *declaims* her lines rather than *speaking* them. It's impossible to fall in love with her; you wonder how Olivia ever did so. Whereas the actress on the Arkangel recording speaks her lines with the requisite naturalness, wit, and passion. The only thing I found annoying about this recording was the incessant bird sound-effects when the scene was set outside. Couldn't the producers have been a bit more inventive?
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Twelfth Night (Arkangel Complete Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare (Audio Cassette - July 1, 1998)
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