Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Plays - Shakespeare
Period: Renaissance
Catalogue No: NA315012
Barcode: 9789626341506
Release Date: 10/1997

SHAKESPEARE, W.: Midsummer Night's Dream (A) (Unabridged)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream must be one of the most enduringly popular of Shakespeare’s plays, and it is not difficult to see why: the work blends several kinds of comedy with a powerful atmosphere of magic and mystery and a satisfying set of contrasts—between city and country, reason and imagination, love and infatuation.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Shakespeare, William - Author
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
1 Music And Opening Announcement 01:21
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
2 Act 1 Scene 1: 06:20
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
3 Act 1 Scene 1: Lysander How Now My Love, Why Is Your Cheek So Pale? 05:11
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
4 Act 1 Scene 1: Helena How Happy Some O'er Other Some Can Be! 01:52
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
5 Musical Interlude 00:50
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
6 Act 1 Scene 2 06:05
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
7 Musical Interlude 01:07
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
8 Act 2 Scene 1 02:50
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
9 Act 2 Scene 1: Oberon Ill Met By Moonlight, Proud Titania! 04:44
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
10 Act 2 Scene 1: Oberon Well, Go Thy Way . Thou Shalt Not From This Grove - Till I Torment Thee For T 02:21
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
11 Act 2 Scene 1: Demetrus I Love Thee Not, Therefore Pursue Me Not 03:10
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
12 Act 2 Scene 1: Oberon I Know A Bank Where The Wild Thyme Blows 01:09
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
13 Musical Interlude 01:43
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
14 Act 2 Scene2 04:51
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
15 Act 2 Scene 2: Puck Through The Forest have I Gone... 01:12
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
16 Act 2 Scene 2: Helena Stay Though Thou Kill Me, Sweet Demetrius! 03:33
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
17 Act 2 Scene 2: Hermia Help Me Lysander, Help Me! DoThy Best - To Pluck This Crawling Serpent From My 01:08
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
18 Closing Music 01:50
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
Disc 2
1 Opening Music 00:50
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
2 Act 3 Scene 1 07:30
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
3 Act 3 Scene 1: Bottom I See Their Knavery. This Is To Make An Ass Of Me 05:16
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
4 Act 3 Scene 2 02:14
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
5 Act 3 Scene 2: Demetrius O, Why Rebuke You Him That Loves YouSo? 02:39
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
6 Act 3 Scene 2: Oberon What Hast thou Done? Thou Hast Mistaken Quite... 01:44
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
7 Act 3 Scene 2: Lysander Why Should You Think That I Should Woo InScorn? 03:52
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
8 Act 3 Scene 2: Helena Lo, She Is One Of This Confederacy 08:41
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
9 Act 3 Scene 2: Oberon This Is Thy Negligence. Still Thou Mistak'st... 07:16
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
10 Closing Music 00:59
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
Disc 3
1 Opening Music 01:05
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
2 Act 4 Scene1 02:52
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
3 Act 4 Scene 1: Oberon Welcome Good Robin. Seest Thou this Sweet Sight? 04:46
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
4 Act 4 Scene 1: Theseus Go, One Of You, Find Out The Forester... 05:22
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
5 Act 4 Scene 1: Bottom When My Cue Comes, Call Me, And I Will Answer 01:44
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
6 Musical Interlude 00:50
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
7 Act 4 Scene 2 03:05
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
8 Musical Interlude 01:35
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
9 Act 5 Scene 1 05:28
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
10 Act 5 Scene 1: Philostrate So Please Your Grace, The Prologue Is Addressed 15:14
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
11 Act 5 Scene 1: Puck Now The Hungry Lion Roars 01:05
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
12 Act 5 Scene 1: Oberon Through The House Give Glimmering Light 01:30
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
13 Act 5 Scene 1: Puck If We Shadows Have Offened... 00:47
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)
14 Music and closing announcements 01:33
Maloney, Michael (Reader)
Mitchell, Margaret (soprano)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Sara, Cathy (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Woodward, Sarah (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 02:19:14