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Measure for Measure: The Arkangel Shakespeare

De: William Shakespeare
Narrado por: Simon Russell Beale, Roger Allam, Stella Gonet
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Telling his followers he is leaving the city on affairs of state, the Duke of Vienna appoints the puritanical Angelo to govern in his absence. Will Angelo prove as virtuous as he seems once power is in his hands?

Roaming the city disguised as a friar, the duke looks on as Angelo's lust for the virtuous Isabella sweeps him into the corruption he has so sternly condemned in others.

The duke's manipulation at last produces a happy ending for this dark comedy, with its brilliant exploration of the themes of justice and mercy.

Roger Allam plays the duke and Simon Russell Beale is Angelo. Isabella is played by Stella Gonet.

Public Domain (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Clásicos Drama y Obras Shakespeare Inspirador

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I really enjoyed there performances of the voice actors. They helped me understand what was actually going on in the story why I read along with the book.

A wonderful way to understand this play!

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Listened to it all in one afternoon. Stunning performances by all and the music made a wonderful addition. Highly recommend!

Excellent!

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I was not familiar with the story, and as is Shakespeare's style, there is much tangling in the story. At times I had difficulty determining which character was speaking. However, the speech and pace was clear, and I was able to follow the story. I'll listen again but while sitting down and reading through the play at the same time to better understand who is speaking. It's a good story, and mercy is always a good subject for debate. I like it! Give it s listen.

Recommend

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Great cast. Simon Russell Beale as Angelo. Clear. Well paced recording. Helped my studies greatly.

Great cast

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“Alack, when once our grace we have forgot,
Nothing goes right; we would and we would not.”
― William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

Let me start this review with a personal bias -- I PREFER it when politicos pretend to be priests, rather than when priests pretend to be politicos. Apparently, Shakespeare is on MY side. "Measure for Measure" is one of Shakespeare's "dark comedies" or "problem plays" like Troilus and Cressida and All's Well That Ends Well. It is certainly dark. It could easily be a funky beer or dark chocolate xocolātl. It feels like Shakespeare has reached that point of his career/life where he just doesn't give an F. He is all elbows and any need to surrender to societal platitudes and moral veneer seem to be fully expunged. He is all about tearing off the scabs of hypocrisy, and popping the boils of false prophets. But as with most of Shakespeare's best, nothing is direct, everything is oblique. Truth comes at you sideways and even when you catch it, you have to be careful it isn't going to explode.

Oh, oh, also, the names. Mistress Overdone? Pompey Bum? So perfect.

There is a line I love from Philip K Dick that says, “It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.” Shakespeare seems to agree, but it seems the most sane person in "Measure for Measure", the one most adjusted to Shakespeare's Vienna is Barnardine, the everdrunk. So, perhaps, we can re-write PKD's quote (at least remeasure it to read: It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to get sloppy-a$$ drunk"). In a world where everyone seems to be concerned about death, justice, confinement, authority, sexuality, etc., Barnardine, like Honeybadger, just don't give a sh!t. I feel you Barnardine. I feel you.

Anyway, the play is unsettling. Shakespeare even makes the play's "happy ending" seem a bit dirty, like climbing out of a polluted pool. There isn't a moist towelette large enough to clean the soiled linen of Vienna. This is a play that, with the right characters, the right amount of alcohol could possibly start a riot. It pushes everyone right to the end and then yanks you back, not to "save you" but to keep the audience unbalanced. While it shares little directly with Crime and Punishment (except for, well, a crime and a punishment), I did keep getting images of Dostoevsky in my head while reading this. Shakespeare isn't as serious as Dostoevsky, but with an absurdity and dark, gallows humor, Shakespeare's Measure for Measure seems just as dangerous as anything Dostoevsky later delivered.

So, perhaps, I'll end with another Dostoevsky thought. Like Hesse's warning to readers of Dostoevsky, I too caution that looking too deep into Shakespeare's problem plays gives the reader both a taste of Western Civilization's decadent decline, and a "glimpse into the havoc". Bottoms up Biatches!

Favorite lines:

― “I had as lief have the foppery of freedom as the morality of imprisonment.” (Act 1, Scene 2).

― “Our doubts are traitors,
and make us lose the good we oft might win,
by fearing to attempt.” (Act 1, Scene 4).

― “But man, proud man,
Dress'd in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd—
His glassy essence—like an angry ape
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,
Would all themselves laugh mortal.” (Act 2, Scene 2).

― “The miserable have no other medicine
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared to die.” (Act 3, Scene 1).

― “To sue to live, I find I seek to die;
And, seeking death, find life.” (Act 3, Scene 1).

Seeking death, find life

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I have owned and loved the Arkangel Shakespeare for two decades, some since the 90's. Of all the Shakespeare productions I have seen and heard over the last 36 years, since I developed this addiction, Clive Brill's Arkangel series is my favorite. Mr. Brill's direction and casting are second to none. What better to say, than after 20 years I've never tired of hearing them.

Although, I must say he did make one mistake.
He, for some reason, allowed Joseph Fiennes as Romeo, to whine his way through the whole play. No joke JF completely whines every line to the point of distraction. I wanted Tybalt to kill him just to stop the whining.

That said, the rest of R&J is great, as are all of the Arkangel plays.

If you love The Bard as I do, do yourself a favor and give these a listen. You won't be disappointed.

One more thing, Simon Russell Beale may very well be the best Hamlet in history. I know, I know, all the greats have played it, and no one alive could have heard Burbage, but when you hear SRB as Hamlet you'll be hard pressed to find one better.

Outstanding!

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I don't think it would be possible for any actors to even try to more grossly misinterpret the dialogue, as this company of performers is thoroughly inept. In many cases, the emphasis is on entirely the wrong word, and intonations seem to be devoid of understanding. The performers engage in emotionalisms that are wholly inappropriate to the scenes. Angelo in particular gives the most dreadful reading of his lines. This performance proves that even without the text Measure for Measure is a problem play. Avoid this recording at all costs, or at least read as you listen so you can figure out not only what the lines really mean but also how misconstrued are these actors' performances of them.
Arkangel has produced some other very good recordings. They should immediately withdraw this one and try again, especially because Measure for Measure is a play for our times!

A most terrible performance, avoid!!!

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Spoilery: This is a tale of how the rich and powerful get the mercy that they refuse to the poor. Unless it suits their purpose to give the poor mercy in order to justify their own wrongs. Very unsatisfying ending.

Very contrived.

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