Richard III - Kenneth Branagh - Act 1 Scene 1

Audio recording of Richard III
Now is the winter of our discontent
CAST


Richard Duke Of Gloucester....Kenneth Branagh
Clarence.........Michael Maloney
Lord Hastings......John Shrapnel
Lady Anne......Stella Gonet
Queen Elizabeth........Celia Imrie
Duke of Buckingham....Nicholas Farrell
Lord Stanley/Earl of Derby...John Woodvine
Queen Margaret.......Geraldine McEwan
Edward IV.....Bruce Alexander
Duchess of York....Auriol Smith
Prince/Clarence's Boy....Raphael Clarkson Clarence's Girl.....Louise Alder
Duke of York - Boy.....Dominic Kraemer
Earl of Richmond......Jamie Glover
Brakenbury/Grey/Citizen 1/Norfolk/Messenger 4/Cardinal......Stephen Thorne
Rivers/Page/Lovell/Messenger 1/Ghost of Prince Edward/Surry........Daniel Philpott
Catesby/Sheriff of Wiltshire/Herbert/Archbishop of York.....Jonathan Keeble
Vaughan/Lord Mayor/Blunt/Lord 1......Peter Yapp
Murderer 1/Citizen2/Ratcliffe/Christoph er Urswick.....Barrie Jaimeson
Murderer 2/Citizen 3/Dorset/Tyrrell/Messenger 3....Nick Fletcher
Bishop of Ely/Ghost of Henry VI/Oxford/Lord/Messenger 2.......Neville Jason

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[godbluffvdgg]

I want to see Branagh do Macbeth. He is one of the greatest Shakespearean actors. His Henry V is amazing, as well as his Hamlet.

[mom63423]

It's made so in order to help people who aren't English mother tongue to understand it well (it's ancient English, be merciful!)

[SophyaAgain]

Even being ancient Englidh, even do not understanding precisely it's delightful to hear their dialogue. The rhythm, the intonation and how words flow.

[Skipn27]

What the heck is that cracking sound?

[imokin86]

Thanks for the upload! It helps so much to see the text as the actors pronounce it. Greetings from Russia!

[katiush65]

neato! i heard the first two lines last night in the movie "the King's Speech" and went to look it up on youtube! It's one of those quotations that sound familiar but you can't place the context... (for non-Shakespeare fanatics, anyway!!) I don't know anything about Richard III. Kenneth Branagh is great.

[Aeschylus]

@mom63423 It's a good thing too: there are some plays in German & Greek that I wish people would do the same for!

[JamesMorphettTV]

quality stuff.

[Mathiastro]

Excellent. Bravo, Ken.

[Flubly]

@nicodagger I've never heard that before, I've always been taught that Elizabethan English was closest to unaccented English. I say closest since they probably did have regional accents but they would have been much different and milder than they are now.

[KayJay123567]

Why hasn't he adapted Richard III into a film yet? He'd be fantastic!!