Richard II Speeches (Gielgud, 1968)

From the LP "Sir John Gielgud in His Greatest Rôles". Introduced by his friend and fellow Shakespearean Sir Ralph Richardson.

0:27: Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Kings (3.2)
3:02: Down I Come Like Glistering Phaëthon (3.3)
7:28: So Many Blows Upon This Face of Mine (4.1)

Read Along:
3.2: http://www.bartleby.com/70/2632.html
3.3: http://www.bartleby.com/70/2633.html
4.1: http://www.bartleby.com/70/2641.html

(Sorry the photos are stamped "Getty Images". Those people are really jealous about their pictures!)

Selections from the album:

I. Richardson on Gielgud and Gielgud on Hamlet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGXtUjb7jKo&fmt=18
II. Three Hamlet Soliloquies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCyjXJ9oogg&fmt=18
III. Hamlet (The Closet Scene with Gertrude): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4pv6iUt9Gs&fmt=18
IV. (this video)
V. Lear (Cursing of Goneril): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtlWGU9ixc&fmt=18
VI. Tempest 4.1 (Leave Not a Rack Behind): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxECpwmIEWQ&fmt=18
VII. Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0o49qFEmP4&fmt=18

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[rawdonqueen]

Could anyone ever speak Shakespeare like Gielgud? Never!