Help
Skip to main content
Basket 0 items, $0.00
  • Trust pilot, 4 point 5 stars.

  • WORLDWIDE shipping

  • FREE UK delivery over £35

  • PROUDLY INDEPENDENT since 2001

The Essential Shakespeare Live

Laurence Olivier (actor), Harry Andrews (actor), Michael Blakemore (actor), Kenneth Gilbert (actor), Peter Woodthorpe (actor), Paul Hardwick (actor), Donald Sinden (actor), Peggy Ashcroft (actress), John Corvin (actor), Paul Scofield (actor), Brian Murray (actor), John Laurie (actor), David Warner...

  • Release Date: 1st Apr 2016
  • Catalogue No: OACD9042BD
  • Label: Opus Arte
  • Series: Royal Shakespeare Company
  • Length: 4 hours 42 minutes

4 CDs

$24.00

Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days

Contents

Coriolanus

Work length6:08
  • Laurence Olivier (actor), Harry Andrews (actor), Michael Blakemore (actor), Kenneth Gilbert (actor), Peter Woodthorpe (actor), Paul Hardwick (actor)
  • Recorded: July 1959
  • Recording Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Coriolanus, Act III Scene 3

Track length6:08

Henry VI Pt. 3, Act I Scene 4

Work length4:14
  • Donald Sinden (actor), Peggy Ashcroft (actress), John Corvin (actor)
  • Recorded: 31 October 1964
  • Recording Venue: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Henry VI Part III, Act I Scene 4: The Wars of the Roses

Track length4:14

King Lear

Work length8:23
  • Paul Scofield (actor), Brian Murray (actor), John Laurie (actor)
  • Recorded: 12 February 1964
  • Recording Venue: Aldwych Theatre, London, United Kingdom

King Lear, Act IV Scene 6

Track length8:23

Hamlet

Work length2:12
  • David Warner (actor)
  • Recorded: 09 March 1966
  • Recording Venue: Aldwych Theatre, London, United Kingdom

Hamlet, Act III Scene 1

Track length2:12

Twelfth Night

Work length8:26
  • Donald Sinden (actor), Tony Church (actor), Alton Kumalo (actor), Jeffery Dench (actor)
  • Recorded: 22 February 1971
  • Recording Venue: Aldwych Theatre, London, United Kingdom

Twelfth Night, Act II Scene 5

Track length8:26

Julius Caesar

Work length8:27
  • Patrick Stewart (actor), John Wood (actor)
  • Recorded: 28 November 1973
  • Recording Venue: Aldwych Theatre, London, United Kingdom

Julius Caesar, Act I Scene 2

Track length8:27

Antony and Cleopatra

Work length7:08
  • Janet Suzman (actress), Joseph Charles (actor), Rosemary McHale (actress), Sidney Livingstone (actor), Jeremy Barlow (flute), Gordon Kempler (harp), Charles Fullbrook (percussion), Tony McVey (percussion), Peter Washtell (percussion), Robin Weatherall (percussion)
  • Recorded: 12 December 1973
  • Recording Venue: Aldwych Theatre, London, United Kingdom

Antony and Cleopatra, Act II Scene 5 (music by G. Woolfenden)

Track length7:08

Richard II

Work length10:30
  • Richard Pasco (actor), Sebastian Shaw (actor), Ian Richardson (actor), Clement McCallum (actor)
  • Recorded: 23 October 1974
  • Recording Venue: Aldwych Theatre, London, United Kingdom

Richard II, Act IV Scene 1

Track length10:30

Romeo and Juliet

Work length11:49
  • Ian McKellen (actor), Francesca Annis (actress), Marie Kean (actress)
  • Recorded: 04 August 1977
  • Recording Venue: Aldwych Theatre, London, United Kingdom

Romeo and Juliet, Act II Scene 2

Track length11:49

Henry V*

Work length6:04
  • Emrys James (actor), Alan MacKenzie Howard (actor), Oliver Ford Davies (actor), Edwin Richfield (actor)
  • Recorded: 18 February 1976
  • Recording Venue: Aldwych Theatre, London, United Kingdom

Henry V, Act I: Prologue

Track length1:53

Henry V, Act I Scene 2

Track length4:11

The Comedy of Errors

Work length4:26
  • Roger Rees (actor), Michael Williams (actor)
  • Recorded: 13 August 1977
  • Recording Venue: Aldwych Theatre, London, United Kingdom

The Comedy of Errors, Act III Scene 2

Track length4:26

The Tempest

Work length4:19
  • Derek Jacobi (actor), Mark Rylance (actor)
  • Recorded: 3 November 1983
  • Recording Venue: Barbican Theatre, London, United Kingdom

The Tempest, Act V Scene 1

Track length4:19

King Richard III

Work length10:55
  • Antony Sher (actor), Penny Downie (actress)
  • Recorded: 11 June 1985
  • Recording Venue: Barbican Theatre, London, United Kingdom

King Richard III, Act I Scene 2

Track length10:55

As You Like It

Work length11:07
  • Joseph O'Conor (actor), Alexander Wilson (actor), Alan Rickman (actor), Hilton McRae (actor), Andrew Yeats (actor)
  • Recorded: 30 January 1986
  • Recording Venue: Barbican Theatre, London, United Kingdom

As You Like It, Act II Scene 7

Track length11:07

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Work length6:18
  • Janet Dale (actress), Lindsay Duncan (actress), Christopher Lacey (flute), Victor Slaymark (clarinet), Steve Pierce (clarinet), Peter Whittaker (bassoon), Roderick Teale (trumpet), Brian Newman (horn), Duncan Hollowood (horn), David Hissey (trombone), Peter Chapman (double bass), Benjamin Grove (guitar), Tim Higgs (keyboards), Peter Washtell (percussion), Tony McVey (percussion)
  • Recorded: 7 February 1986
  • Recording Venue: Barbican Theatre, London, United Kingdom

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act II Scene 1 (music by J. Sams)

Track length6:18

Titus Andronicus

Work length7:27
  • Brian Cox (actor), Donald Sumpter (actor), Jeremy Gilley (actor)
  • Recorded: 13 July 1988
  • Recording Venue: Barbican Theatre, London, United Kingdom

Titus Andronicus, Act III Scene 2

Track length7:27

Henry IV, Part I

Work length2:47
  • Robert Stephens (actor), Michael Maloney (actor), Tony McVey (timpani), Bernard Shaw (timpani)
  • Recorded: 13 May 1992
  • Recording Venue: Barbican Theatre, London, United Kingdom

Henry IV Part I, Act V Scene 1 (music by E. Gregson)

Track length2:47

Henry VI, Part III

Work length4:48
  • David Oyelowo (actor)
  • Recorded: 2001
  • Recording Venue: Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Henry VI Part III, Act II Scene 5

Track length4:48

All's Well That Ends Well

Work length9:02
  • Dame Judi Dench (actress), Arthur Kohn (actor), Claudie Blakley (actress), Jill Heartfield (cello), Bruce O'Neil (keyboards)
  • Recorded: 2003
  • Recording Venue: Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

All's Well That Ends Well, Act I Scene 3 (music by P. Englishby)

Track length9:02

Othello

Work length9:52
  • Ian Holm (actor), Paul Hardwick (actor), Paul Robeson (actor), Mary Ure (actress)
  • Recorded: April 1959
  • Recording Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Othello, Act I Scene 3

Track length9:52

Henry IV, Part I

Work length11:51
  • Ian Holm (actor), Hugh Emrys Griffith (actor), Clive Swift (actor), Patience Collier (actress)
  • Recorded: 4 November 1964
  • Recording Venue: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Henry IV Part I, Act II Scene 4

Track length11:51

The Winter's Tale

Work length8:19
  • Barrie Ingham (actor), Elizabeth Spriggs (actress), Richard Pasco (actor), Dame Judi Dench (actress), Nicholas Selby (actor)
  • Recorded: 27 January 1971
  • Recording Venue: Aldwych Theatre, London, England, United Kingdom

The Winter's Tale, Act V Scene 3 (music by G. Woolfenden)

Track length8:19

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Work length7:32
  • Alan MacKenzie Howard (actor), Ben Kingsley (actor), Frances J. de Lautour (actress), John Kane (actor), Tony McVey (percussion), Robin Weatherall (percussion)
  • Recorded: 18 February 1972
  • Recording Venue: Aldwych Theatre, London, England, United Kingdom

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II Scene 1 (music by R. Peaslee)

Track length7:32

Love's Labour's Lost

Work length3:00
  • Ian William Richardson (actor)
  • Recorded: 20 May 1975
  • Recording Venue: Aldwych Theatre, London, England, United Kingdom

Love's Labour's Lost, Act IV Scene 3

Track length3:00

The Merchant of Venice

Work length8:06
  • John Darrell (actor), William Armstrong (actor), David Suchet (actor), David Waller (actor)
  • Recorded: 21 August 1981
  • Recording Venue: Aldwych Theatre, London, England, United Kingdom

The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 1

Track length8:06

Measure for Measure

Work length6:16
  • Juliet Stevenson (actress), Oliver Ford Davies (actor), Daniel Massey (actor), John Nolan (actor)
  • Recorded: 02 July 1984
  • Recording Venue: Barbican Theatre, London, England, United Kingdom

Measure for Measure, Act III Scene 1

Track length6:16

Macbeth

Work length5:25
  • Jonathan Pryce (actor), Sinéad Moira Cusack (actress), Brian Newman (instruments), Duncan Hollowood (instruments)
  • Recorded: 07 April 1987
  • Recording Venue: Barbican Theatre, London, England, United Kingdom

Macbeth, Act I Scene 7 (music by G. Burgon)

Track length5:25

Much Ado About Nothing

Work length5:11
  • Roger Allam (actor), Susan Fleetwood (actress)
  • Recorded: 15 May 1991
  • Recording Venue: Barbican Theatre, London, England, United Kingdom

Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV Scene 1

Track length5:11

Troilus and Cressida

Work length5:21
  • Ciaran Hinds (actor), Paterson Joseph (actor), Simon Russell Beale (actor)
  • Recorded: 13 July 1991
  • Recording Venue: The Pit, Barbican, London, England, United Kingdom

Troilus and Cressida, Act V Scene 1

Track length5:21

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Work length2:30
  • Richard Moore (actor)
  • Recorded: 28 October 1992
  • Recording Venue: Barbican Theatre, London, England, United Kingdom

The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II Scene 3

Track length2:30

Henry VIII, Act II Scene 4

Work length9:05
  • Robert Whitelock (actor), Barry Aird (actor), Paul Jesson (actor), Jane Lapotaire (actress), Ian Hogg (actor), Darrell D'Silva (actor), David Hobbs (actor)
  • Recorded: 26 November 1996
  • Recording Venue: Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Henry VIII, Act II Scene 4: All is True

Track length9:05

Timon of Athens

Work length8:25
  • Michael Pennington (actor), Richard McCabe (actor)
  • Recorded: 24 August 1999
  • Recording Venue: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Timon of Athens, Act IV Scene 3

Track length8:25

King John

Work length4:06
  • Guy Henry (actor), Trevor Cooper (actor), Alison Fiske (actress)
  • Recorded: 2 May 2001
  • Recording Venue: Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

King John, Act III Scene 3

Track length4:06

Pericles

Work length5:37
  • Kananu Kirimi (actress), Ray Fearon (actor), Roger Frost (actor), Tom Beard (actor), Christopher Lacey (flute)
  • Recorded: 9 July 2002
  • Recording Venue: Roundhouse, London, United Kingdom

Pericles, Act V Scene 1 (music by S. Davey)

Track length5:37

The Taming of the Shrew

Work length8:05
  • Ian Gelder (actor), Jasper Britton (actor), Alexandra Gilbreath (actress)
  • Recorded: 17 June 2003
  • Recording Venue: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

The Taming of the Shrew, Act II Scene 1

Track length8:05

Cymbeline

Work length5:53
  • Emma Fielding (actress), Esther Ruth Elliott (actress), Anton Lesser (actor)
  • Recorded: 22 October 2003
  • Recording Venue: Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Cymbeline, Act II Scene 2

Track length5:53

Antony and Cleopatra

Work length8:14
  • Nick Court (actor), Harriet Walter (actress), Patrick Stewart (actor), Ken Bones (actor), Rob Carroll (actor)
  • Recorded: 20 May 2006
  • Recording Venue: Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Antony and Cleopatra, Act III Scene 13

Track length8:14

King Lear

Work length6:27
  • Ian McKellen (actor), Jonathan Hyde (actor), Ben Meyjes (actor), Julian Harries (actor), Richard Goulding (actor), Ben Addis (actor)
  • Recorded: 5 April 2007
  • Recording Venue: The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

King Lear, Act V Scene 3

Track length6:27

Henry V

Work length10:34
  • Geoffrey Streatfeild (actor), Alexia Healy (actress), Hannah Barrie (actress)
  • Recorded: 23 May 2008
  • Recording Venue: Roundhouse, London, United Kingdom

Henry V, Act V Scene 2

Track length10:34

Hamlet

Work length8:07
  • Oliver Ford Davies (actor), David Tennant (actor), Sam Alexander (actor), Tom Davey (actor)
  • Recorded: 21 August 2008
  • Recording Venue: The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Hamlet, Act II Scene 2

Track length8:07

Download queue