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King Richard III: Performed by Kenneth Branagh & Cast (Classic Drama): Performed by Kenneth Branagh & Cast (Classic Drama)

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Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

2 reviews
Sales Rank: 49356

Format: Abridged, Audiobook, Box Set, Compilation
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 3
Pages: 3
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 1

ISBN: 962634217X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9789626342176
ASIN: 962634217X

Publication Date: April 2, 2001
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Ships from U.S.A., to anywhere in the United Kingdom! Orders only take 7-10 days! We specialise in service to the U.K. and only ship airmail.

Also Available In:

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•	Paperback - King Richard III (The Macmillan Shakespeare)
•	Hardcover - Richard III (Plays in Performance)
•	Hardcover - Richard III (New Shakespeare)
•	Paperback - King Richard III (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
•	Turtleback - Richard III
•	Hardcover - Richard III (Plays in Performance Series)
•	Paperback - King Richard III (Plays in Performance S.)
•	Paperback - Richard III (New Shakespeare)

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.co.uk Review
"Now is the winter of our discontent," intones Richard, Duke of Gloucester at the beginning of Shakespeare's Richard III, one of his most abidingly popular plays, and one of the most chilling portrayals of political tyranny ever seen on stage. Richard emerges from the chaos which surrounds the reign of Henry VI, already dramatised by Shakespeare earlier in his career, determined to become king by removing his elder brother Edward IV by convincing him that their brother Clarence is plotting against the crown. The deaths of both Clarence and Edward take Richard inexorably towards the crown, and the series of murders and conspiracies that Richard masterminds confirms his claim that "I am determined to prove a villain". Richard's political and sexual charisma are truly chilling, and his seduction of Lady Anne, over her husband's corpse is one of the most disturbing scenes in Shakespeare. At another level, the play is also a strongly anti-Yorkist play, which has a vested interest in portraying Richard as such as vicious tyrant before seeing him toppled, ushering in a period of rule which prefigured the Tudor dynasty of which Elizabeth I was herself a part. The play has had a deep and lasting influence on audiences and writers; Brecht rewrote the play as The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, while both Laurance Olivier and Ian Mckellen have produced memorable film versions of Richard III, the latter updating the play into a 1930s fascist state ruled over by a Richard akin to Oswald Mosley. --Jerry Brotton

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars

Richard III June 11, 2005
7 out of 12 found this review helpful

If studying this novel the CD works brilliantly alongside it, you can hear HOW the lines would be delivered and get a better overall effect of the play! Def worth it

5 out of 5 stars

Richard III is alive November 8, 2001
14 out of 17 found this review helpful

This audio book is a fantastic work of art. The play is well spoken and very well acted.When listening to it one feels as if sitting in a theatre. The play comes alive in front of your inner eye, you forget where you are and what you do. You'll be thrilled!