Walter,Harriet & Various William Shakespeare Readings From The Tragedies CD

Actress Harriet Walter, joined by fellow actors Peter Blythe, John Killoran and Diane Beck, read dramatic excerpts from the five of Shakespeare's great tragedies, "MacBeth," "Hamlet," "Romeo & Juliet," "King Lear" and "Antony & Cleopatra". Harriet and her colleagues were performers in the Royal Shakespeare Company's presentation of "MacBeth" at Stratford. This CD was recorded at Charlecote Park, where Shakespeare had allegedly been caught poaching deer as a boy. The recordings are interspersed with music played by the Broadside Band, who play the earliest known versions of music associated with Shakespeare's plays on instruments of the period.

1. ... Fortune My Foe [Music] - Broadside Band 2. MacBeth: Act I Scene 7 [Reading] - John Killoran, Harriet Walter 3. MacBeth: Act II Scene 1 [Reading] - John Killoran, Harriet Walter 4. MacBeth: Act V Scene 1 [Reading] - Diane Beck, Peter Blythe, Harriet Walter 5. MacBeth: Act V Scene 5 [Reading] - Peter Blythe, John Killoran 6. Passa Mezzo Pavan [Music] - Broadside Band 7. King Lear: Act II Scene 4 [Reading] - Peter Blythe, John Killoran, Harriet Walter 8. King Lear: Act IV Scene 7 [Reading] - Diane Beck, Peter Blythe, John Killoran 9. Poor Soul Sat Sighing (Willow Song) [Music] - Broadside Band 10. Romeo and Juliet: Act II Scene 2 [Reading] - John Killoran, Harriet Walter 11. Romeo and Juliet: Act III Scene 5 [Reading] - John Killoran, Harriet Walter 12. Romeo and Juliet: Act IV Scene 3 [Reading] - Harriet Walter 13. Bonny Sweet Robin [Music] - Broadside Band 14. Hamlet: Act I Scene 5 [Reading] - Peter Blythe, John Killoran 15. Hamlet: Act IV Scene 5 [Reading] - Diane Beck, Peter Blythe, Harriet Walter 16. How Should I, Your True Love Know [Music] - Broadside Band 17. Hamlet: Act IV Scene 7 [Reading] - Harriet Walter 18. And Will He Not Come Again [Music] - Broadside Band 19. Anthony and Cleopatra: Act II Scene 2 [Reading] - Peter Blythe, John Killoran 20. Anthony and Cleopatra: Act IV Scene 15 [Reading] - Peter Blythe, John Killoran, Harriet Walter 21. Anthony and Cleopatra: Act V Scene 2 [Reading] - Diane Beck, Harriet Walter 22. Earl of Essex Measure [Music] - Broadside Band