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John Gielgud's Hamlet (Dramatized)
- Lu par : John Gielgud
- Durée : 3 h et 26 min
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This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever, and one of John Gielgud's greatest moments. Though he went on to record it for commercial release, nothing matched this recording in the BBC studios, made before the days of editing.
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- Chris
- 13/01/2009
Gielgud's Hamlet - A Study in Perfection
I am loth to lament the passing of anything to do with Shakespeare as we have seen the astonishing durability of his work over the centuries. But I do have to wonder whether we will ever hear work of this quality again.
At least five years to grow the voice. A similar time spent on the texts, against a background where the study of grammar and the philology of English was a given in any high school. This was the expected investment of any actor playing Shakespeare on the English professional stage at the time this recording was made.
I'm not talking about the requirements to play Hamlet, or Claudius. I refer to those who play Horatio, or the grave-digger, or the 'boy' in the players.
The result was a radiant and transparent reading of the text, fully understood - line, word and pause - by every player.
And of course, their understanding of and absorption in the text means we are hearing people who appear to be simply voicing their own thoughts, their own feelings.
The result is that all obscurity is dispelled. The way the human brain works, we now know, is by a kind of paint-by-dots. You don't have to see every detail to see the whole picture, nor do you have to hear and understand every word to understand what is being said.
It adds up to an almost magic accessibility of language which, when we read it on the page, seems difficult, odd, at times meaningless in the 21st Century.
Don't care much for Shakespeare? Too much like hard work?
Don't say that until you have heard this glorious performance. If you don't 'get' this, then you really don't get it and might as well give the Bard a miss.
Poor you.
I am sure you are very much fewer than is commonly believed. I am sure that for most people their difficulty with the plays of Shakespeare is that they have seen it acted by players who were clutching at the meaning with tips of their fingers, instead of breathing it in and out as their native air itself.
The best!
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- Michel
- 15/07/2007
Wonderful!!!
Even though an old recording, the vocals are clear and understandable. I have listened to it at least 20 times over.
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- Jefferson
- 01/02/2011
Funny, Awful, Moving, Lovely, Amazing!
I agree 100% with the other reviewers--even though it is an old recording and you can kind of hear a little static type noise in the background sometimes, the voices come through clear and loud and the occasional sound effects (martial drumming, ghostly wind blowing, fanfare trumpeting, grave digging, etc.) sound just right.
The cast is exceptional, everyone perfect for his/her role with, perhaps, two exceptions. I don't care for Ophelia's voice or manner somehow, for she sounds a bit too old and nasal, though when she sings her sad, mad songs, she's great. And Laertes is a little too nasal for my likings, too, though when he becomes enraged at Hamlet and out for his blood, he's great, too.
And John Gielgud! What a beautiful, liquid, bell-like, refined, flexible, measured, emotional, intelligent voice! Every word he says is honed perfection that at the same time feels like impromptu passion, as if he is saying the lines for the first tine instead of for the thousandth (as he must have done over the course of his many rehearsal performances of Hamlet). And the other actors are superb, Claudius, Gertrude, Horatio, King Hamlet, the grave diggers, R & G, the players, all perfect.
And of course the play itself is magnificent in its oddity and power and philosophy and raw emotion and spying and sneaking and acting and all...
Yes, it is a powerful pleasure listening to this audiobook, and I'm sure I'll come back to it repeatedly over the years
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- Donald
- 28/10/2010
AWESOME!
I must've listened to this a hundred times and never tire of it. Gielgud's performance is phenomenal. Surely the best Shakespeare recording available on audible.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06/10/2022
A great performance!
This is one of the greatest performances of Shakespeare's greatest role. Well worth your time and money.
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- Erica Bash
- 16/09/2021
Elite
There is nothing I can say that hasn't been said already about this remarkable performance. Top Shelf.
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 05/05/2019
This puts to shame all other recordings of Hamlet!
A truly living recording. EVERY actor does their part perfectly, with 10/10 emotional and/or humorous intonation. I love this recording with all my heart. The lines are rendered so memorable and powerful, i cannot credit it enough. The ultimate Hamlet, this recording NEEDS to be kept alive and never be buried, without a doubt it can make the haters realize why shakespeare is amazing.
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- Martin A. Nicholas
- 22/01/2018
Well worth it
A 3-hour 25-minute BBC radio production from the 1940s. It’s an old-fashioned production—-there have been improvements in Shakespearean acting since the 1940s—-but quite listenable. That language! And that voice!
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- SMB
- 04/04/2017
Powerful, Wonderful Production
I had been looking for the Gielgud version of Hamlet for years. I am so happy to have been able to find it through Audible. This has to rank up there as one of the best of all time. It takes some concentration as a few of the voices are similar sounding. However, the script is completely intact (not abridged), and the performances are outstanding. Gielgud plays a sympathetic Hamlet and brings some unexpected nuances to his performance. Arguably, I prefer this version to the Olivier and Michael Redgrave performances, which were made within the same time period.
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- folgren
- 04/11/2007
Mutter
Gibt es ein Stück, aus dem mehr Zitate zum Allgemeingut geworden sind? Die selbst in abgewandelter Form, auf ihr Original hinweisen? Neben Romeo und Julia dürfte das Drama um den dänischen Kronprinzen wohl zu den meistbekannten Stücken bei Nichttheatergängern zählen. Der Vater ermordet, selbst tief in der Sinnkrise steckend wütet Hamlet im Verlauf der Handlung durch den Hof für die scheinbar gerechte Sache. Er zieht eine Blutspur hinter sich her, treibt die unglücklich verliebte Ophelia in den Selbstmord und wird am Ende selbst gerichtet. Ein düsteres Werk, daß sein Überleben vor allem dem Umstand zu verdanken hat, daß es auf jede Zeit paßt, nicht zuletzt immer wieder im Film aktualisiert wird, sich Regisseure auf der Bühne dazu berufen fühlen, sich die Frage zu beantworten, was hat Hamlet mit uns zu tun? Alles. Shakespeare hat eine Fabel auf die Menschheit geschrieben. Wir nehmen uns, was wir zu unserem Glück glauben, unbedingt besitzen zu müssen. Selbst Hamlet dient der Gerechtigkeit nicht allein, nachdem die Mutter sich mit dem Mörder des Vaters vermählt hat. Er ist so in sich versponnen, daß man ihn sich schlecht als weisen König vorstellen könnte. Shakespeares Stärke beruht auch hier wieder in den zahlreichen Nebenfiguren. In Horatio, Polonius, Güldenstern und Rosenkranz, in denen er weitere Varianten menschlichen Strebens vorführt. Ein Stück, das immer neue Deutungen provoziert, obwohl alle glauben alles bereits darüber gesagt zu haben. So lebendig, so unsterblich. John Gielguds Hamlet sucht seines gleichen
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