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WilliamShakespearelivedbetween1552-1616,buthisworkenduresandisenjoyedtheworldover.--ThistextreferstotheAudioCassetteedition.
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Winters TaleTheWinter'sTalewasoneoftheverylastplaysShakespearewrote,amovingromancewhosethemesaresin,forgiveness,death,rebirth,andthepowerofTimeandNaturetohealallwounds.BasedonanovellabyShakespeare'senemyandarchrivalRobertGreene,TheWinter'sTaleintroducesPerdita,perhapstheBard'smostrichlysymboliccharacter.Attimestragic,attimeshumorous,butalwaysentertainingandinstructive,TheWintersTaleisacomplexandrewardingworkbythegreatestdramatistofalltime.AShakespeareSocietyProduction.Thecompleteplayinfouracts.--ThistextreferstotheAudioCDedition.
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[Editor''sNote:ThefollowingisacombinedreviewwithLOVE''SLABOUR''SLOSTandHENRYVIII.]--TwooftheseproductionsintheArkangelseriesaregood,andthethirdistrulyexceptional.LOVE''SLABOUR''SLOSTconcernsasceticandnaiveyoungmenwhorenouncethecompanyofwomenonlytomeettheirperfectmatessoonafter.AlexJenningsandEmmaFieldingaresuperiorastheloversBerowneandRosaline.Thesatireofcourtiersandfopsisalsohandledwell,thoughongoingwordplayissomethingofanacquiredtaste.Theonlylapseistheintrusivesoundeffectsinoutdoorscenes(fliesbuzzing,birdschirping).ThefineproductionofHENRYVIII,abouttheking''sefforttomarryAnneBoleyn,infusesmuchmorelifeintothisstately,pageant-likeplaythanonemightexpectfromthetext.CliveBrill,whodirectstheentireseries,orchestratesalifelikesounddesignthatevenincludesthemurmursofagreementordismayoflisteningcharacters.Theseundertonesfunctionlikereactionshotsinamovie.InHENRYVIII,theyclarifythevariouscourtfactionsandintrigues.InTHEWINTER''STALE,Shakespeare''slateromanceaboutjealousyandtime''srestorativepower,theyaddsubtletytoanemotionallychargedproduction.Thevoicesinthisrecordingarerichlyinfusedwithpersonality,especiallythoseofJohnGielgudandAlexJennings,whoisacomictriumphastherogueAutolycus.Gielgudperformsthe32-linepartofTimetheChorus,andhisage-enfeebledvoiceresonateshauntingly.CliveBrillandhiscastshowwhyTHEWINTER''STALEhassuchanimpressivestagehistoryinasfinearecordingofShakespeareasyou''relikelytoencounter.G.H.©AudioFile2002,Portland,Maine--Copyright©AudioFile,Portland,Maine--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.
