Distinguished actor and six-time Academy Award nominee Richard Burton reads a selection of his favourite poetry. Volume 2 in this dramatic audiobook series includes selections from William Shakespeare, John Donne, and Thomas Hardy....
The Richard Burton Poetry Collection
UNABRIDGED (52 mins)
By Samuel Coleridge, Thomas Hardy, John Donne
Narrated By Richard Burton
Overall
(17)
Performance
(11)
Story
(10)
Richard Burton reads from Hardy and Donne, and performs a wonderful unabridged version of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (along with Robert Hardy and John Neville).
Jamie Milton Freestone says:
"A truly great voice reading some excellent poems"
The Winter's Tale (Dramatised)
UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 53 mins)
By William Shakespeare
Narrated By John Guilgud, Peggy Ashcroft
Overall
(4)
Performance
(4)
Story
(4)
King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events that lead to death, a ferocious bear, an infant left in the snow, young love, and a statue coming to life. Sir John Gielgud and Dame Peggy Ashcroft lead a cast recording of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.
C. Telfair says:
"Wonderful Production"
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
UNABRIDGED (49 hrs and 39 mins)
By Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, Donald M. Frame (translator)
Narrated By Christopher Lane
Overall
(55)
Performance
(38)
Story
(37)
“A faithful translation is rare; a translation which preserves intact the original text is very rare; a perfect translation of Montaigne appears impossible. Yet Donald Frame has realized this feat. One does not seem to be reading a translation, so smooth and easy is the style; at each moment, one seems to be listening to Montaigne himself - the freshness of his ideas, the unexpected choice of words. Frame has kept everything.” (Andre Maurois, The New York Times Book Review)
Darwin8u says:
"Stands next to the Bible and M.A.'s Meditations"
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
UNABRIDGED (52 mins)
By Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Narrated By Richard Burton
Overall
(16)
Performance
(12)
Story
(12)
Richard Burton and Ralph Richardson join together in this unqiue musical production of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner". The superb delivery of both these actors is augmented by an original soundtrack composed by David Moore.
Daniel says:
"Can not hear over music!"
Richard Burton's Hamlet
ORIGINAL (3 hrs)
By William Shakespeare
Narrated By Richard Burton, a full cast
Overall
(41)
Performance
(9)
Story
(9)
This production of Hamlet, directed by Sir John Gielgud and starring Richard Burton, was recorded in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, and with the actors performing just as they would if you went to see a production tonight. "The particular intensity and nerves of this is probably the same kind of thing that excites an audience in live theater," says Richard Burton.
Thomas A. Copeland says:
"Burton at His Best"
Publisher's Summary
Richard Burton reads Shakespeare's narrative poem about the legendary Lucretia (or 'Lucrece'). The poem tells the story of the Roman leader Tarquin's rape of Lucrece and her subsequent suicide.
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