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| Hamlet (Arkangel Shakespeare) | 
| Author: William Shakespeare
Creators: Simon Russell Beale, Imogen Stubbs, Jane Lapotaire
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 33046
Format: Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.2 x 5.4 x 1
ISBN: 1932219080
Dewey Decimal Number: 822
UPC: 601531590826
EAN: 9781932219081
ASIN: 1932219080
Publication Date: March 10, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new factory wrapped perfect set of 3 CDs unabridged, shipped in a box same or next business day
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Product Description
Distressed by his fathers death and his mothers hasty remarriage, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is haunted by a ghostly courier bearing a grim message of murder and revenge. The young prince is driven to the edge of madness as he struggles to understand the situation he finds himself in and to do his duty. Many others, including Hamlets beloved, the innocent Ophelia, are swept up in his tragedy. Shakespeares most famous play remains one of the greatest stories in Western literature. Performed by Simon Russell Beale, Imogen Stubbs, Jane Lapotaire, and the Arkangel cast. The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare marks the first time in audio publishing history that all of Shakespeares plays have been produced by a single creative team. Based word-for-word on The Complete Pelican Shakespeare, each play is presented uncut.
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 Hamlet July 21, 2008
I love this story! The CD audio is very good. It's very easy to get lost in the story.
 Hamlet Audio CD May 25, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This wasn't as good as I was hoping. I needed more background sound effects--not just people with British accents.
You will be absorbed into the story September 23, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This really is "The Tragical History of Hamlet Prince of Denmark" and not only the Prince but his family. Not only his family but his friends. Not only his friends but all though that came before him and is told to those that came after him.
You can slow down and pick apart many underlying themes and may of the phrases that now challenge Bible sayings in today's sound bites. But the real fun is in just reading the story and you will find that it is not as foreign as you may have thought.
A quick synopsis is that Old Hamlet conquered Old Fortinbras seizing his land. Now that Old Hamlet is dead, Young Fortinbras wants his land back and is willing to take it by force. Meanwhile back in Dänemark Young Hamlet who is excessively grieving for the loss of his father, gets a now insight from his fathers ghost. Looks like he was a victim of a "murder most foul"; it looks like his mother and uncle were in cahoots on the murder.
The story is about what each person felt and acted or did not act upon the situation.
You will find many movies and perverted imitations of the story but nothing will replace the original that was intended to be watched but reads well.
You may like different audio and audio dramatizations.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Best Yet October 21, 2005
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
What a terrific find! I got the Romeo and Juliet cd from the same company and was very pleased. So, I tried Macbeth. This is the finest interpretation of the parts I have ever heard. The readers even speak with Scottish accents. This a dramatized version, complete with sound effects. My students love it.
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