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Hamlet

By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Josh Stamberg, Stephen Collins, JoBeth Williams, Stacy Keach, Alan Mandell, Emily Swallow, Matthew Wolf
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Shakespeare’s timeless story of revenge, corruption, and murder is considered one of the greatest works in the English language. Prince Hamlet sets out to avenge his beloved father's death at the hand of his uncle Claudius - but Hamlet's spiral into grief and madness will have permanent and immutable consequences for the Kingdom of Denmark. Composed over 400 years ago, Hamlet remains one of the theater’s most studied and performed works, and is presented here in a stunning, sound-rich, full-cast recording.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in August 2011.

Lead funding is provided by the Rosenthal Family Foundation.

Director: Martin Jarvis

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Mark Capri as Ambassador/Others

Josh Clark as Voltemand/Others

Stephen Collins as King Claudius

JD Cullum as Laertes

Stacy Keach as Ghost

Henri Lubatti as Rosencrantz/Others

Alan Mandell as Polonius

Jon Matthews as Guildenstern/Others

Darren Richardson as Player Queen/Others

André Sogliuzzo as Reynaldo/Others

Josh Stamberg as Hamlet

Emily Swallow as Ophelia

JoBeth Williams as Queen Gertrude

Matthew Wolf as Horatio

Associate Producer: Christina Montaño

Recording Engineer/Sound Designer/Editor: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Foley Artist: Tony Palermo

Original music composed and performed by Mark Holden and Michael Lopez.

Public Domain (P)2012 L.A. Theatre Works
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If you are looking for a quality presentation of Hamlet, this is it! The reading is very well done and the pace moves quickly as not to bore the reader (10th grade students). I have used the audio every year now for 5 years and have not found a better one to use with our books. There are very few lines in this audio that are not in our book and the students react very well to the readers. It is hard to make kids like Shakespeare, but at least I stand a chance with this audio version. We do stop very often to discuss the language and what is going on, but as they get used to the language we can move further each time before discussion is needed. Very well done narrators, Bravo!

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