
Seven Classic Plays
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These are not mere readings. Rather, they are full performances using all the resources of audio to full advantage. Just as stage plays are "opened up" when adapted to film, so these selections create greater intimacy. "Staginess" is avoided, lively theatrics enhanced, while the substance of the works remains intact. For instance, in Arms and the Man, audio makes possible the judicious integration of the author's witty scene settings, written for the published version of the play, with the play itself. This is the play that established Shaw's reputation as one of the greatest wits of the London drama scene.
Music accounts for another noteworthy aspect of these productions. The Imaginary Invalid employs the score that Marc-Antoine Charpentier composed for Moliere's own premiere. It is conducted by Steven Ovitsky, artistic director of the Milwaukee Symphony.
The Tempest, composed by Shakespeare as a multi-sensory theater experience, features music on Elizabethan instruments still extant from Shakespeare's own production, resulting in lyrical textual passages, overflowing with exotic images, tantalizing sounds, and a palpable lushness.
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"Director Yuri Rasovsky and his cast convey with sensitivity the many dimensions of these people... A beautifully paced performance." (AudioFile)
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Well Done Plays
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read, listen, be inspired, dream, write, share!
mesmerising!
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Would you listen to Seven Classic Plays again? Why?
Yes , it was great, good performed and the variety of uthorsWhat was one of the most memorable moments of Seven Classic Plays?
The Enemy of People .Uncle Vanya. The TempestHave you listened to any of Full Cast’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
no, it's the first, now I'm listening to another but I cant compare it nowWas there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
In Uncle Vanya when he refers to cut down trees to burn, it is a very present theme because of the COP21 in FranceAny additional comments?
a nice company to have a walk and enjoy good playsgreat production
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Not Great Audible Theater
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Drama queen!
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As to the rest: The Ibsen is weak and the Shaw is boring. The productions were produced in 1985. Perhaps 20 years of a renewed interest in audio literature require more sophisticated productions or, perhaps, these productions, produced under the auspices of the Hollywood Theater of the Ear, are simply the product of a consistently bad director.
Badly Done Plays
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No index to say where each play begins or ends.
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