Kohler, Estelle / Bill Homewood
Shakespeare's Lovers / Romeo and Juliet Hamlet Much Ado About Nothing Macbeth
SHAKESPEARE’S LOVERS
Performed by Estelle Kohler and Bill Homewood
“If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.”
Many of the greatest lovers, and the greatest love scenes in Western literature are to be found in Shakespeare. The fresh but impassioned Romeo and Juliet, the resilient wit of Petruchio and Kate, the ardent exchanges of Lorenzo and Jessica and the anguished tragedies of Othello and Desdemona and Antony and Cleopatra – they all show love and courtship in its many forms. The darker side of love is here too – the spine-chilling wooing of Lady Anne by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the control maintained by Lady Macbeth over her husband. But it is balanced by the buffoonery of Falstaff and Mistress Ford and Pyramus and Thisbe. In their lively and imaginative selection, Bill Homewood and Estelle Kohler perform the finest love scenes from nearly 20 plays.
Selected and Edited by Bill Homewood and Estelle Kohler.
Produced by Nicolas Soames.
2 CDs
CD 1: 77:48
CD 2: 75:51
Total time: 2:33:39
1 Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 5 02:15
2 Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 2 10:43
3 Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 5 03:38
4 Romeo and Juliet Act 5 Scene 3 03:25
5 Merchant of Venice Act 5 Scene 03:44
6 Troilus and Cressida Act 3 Scene 2 07:18
7 Hamlet Act 3 Scene 1 04:10
8 As You Like It Act 4 Scene 1 07:16
9 Much Ado About Nothing Act 1 Scene 1 01:22
10 Much Ado About Nothing Act 2 Scene 3 02:32
11 Much Ado About Nothing Act 4 Scene 1 03:16
12 Much Ado About Nothing Act 5 Scene 2 03:25
13 A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 5 Scene 1 05:21
14 Henry V Act 5 Scene 2 06:12
15 The Taming of The Shrew Act 2 Scene 1 04:55
16 Measure for Measure Act 2 Scene 2 08:14
Disc 2
1 Richard III Act 1 Scene 2 13:51
2 The Winter's Tale Act 2 Scene 1 04:11
3 The Winter's Tale Act 2 Scene 3 05:52
4 Twelfth Night Act 3 Scene 4 03:58
5 A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 2 Scene 1 05:08
6 Othello Act 3 Scene 4 03:21
7 Othello Act 4 Scene 2 03:24
8 Othello Act 5 Scene 2 05:14
9 The Merry Wives of Windsor Act 3 Scene 3 02:40
10 Two Gentlemen of Verona Act 4 Scene 4 02:44
11 Macbeth Act 1 Scene 7 02:51
12 Anthony and Cleopatra Act 1 Scene 1 02:54
13 Anthony and Cleopatra Act 1 Scene 3 04:57
14 Anthony and Cleopatra Act 3 Scene 11 01:34
15 Anthony and Cleopatra Act 3 Scene 13 03:34
16 Anthony and Cleopatra Act 4 Scene 10-14 04:43
17 Anthony and Cleopatra Act 4 Scene 15 04:52
