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| A Midsummer Night's Dream (Arkangel Shakespeare) | 
 enlarge | Author: William Shakespeare
Creators: Roy Hudd, Amanda Root, Arkangel Cast
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $7.71
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 383537
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.3 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 1932219242
Dewey Decimal Number: 822
UPC: 601531592424
EAN: 9781932219241
ASIN: 1932219242
Publication Date: May 10, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New unabridged CD set, factory wrapped/sealed, shipped in a corrugated box same or next business day.
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Product Description
Lysander loves Hermia, but Hermia is to be married to Demetrius, who is still the apple of Helena's eye. Hermia and Lysander plan to elope so they tell Helena, who warns Demetrius. Demetrius follows Hermia into the woods, then Helena follows Demetrius. When Oberon, king of the fairies, uses his magic to cast a spell on the four runaway lovers in a midsummer wood outside Athens, chaos ensues. This wonderful production is performed by Roy Hudd, Amanda Root, and the Arkangel cast.
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A "pretty good" audio recording April 5, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this audio recording of MSND to use as I taught the play to my 10th graders. The actors do well, and this is the complete version of the play. However, some of the character sound effects can get annoying, as well as some of the music.
For whatever reason, the faeries' voices have a slight echo effect, which isn't too annoying, but when a faery--such as Puck or Oberon--is placing a spell on someone, there is an extreme echo placed on the voice. The echo was so extreme for the end of Act III, when Puck is confusing Lysander and Demetrius, that it gave me a slight headache. Also, while the use of a little music can be nice, many of my students didn't like it and I found that the music was on a little too long in some places and it stalls the progression of the play. The "braying" of Bottom sounds more like a pig grunt, which gets really old after awhile.
Overall, I would recommend this version to those who don't mind slight annoyances like these--and maybe I'm being nitpicky--but if you think that those will wear on you, try to find another version.
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