THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES

THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES
David Strathairn as Abraham Lincoln
Richard Dreyfuss as Stephen Douglas

This BBC Audio production is the first complete recording ever of the historical debates, presented unabridged, as they were originally spoken by the candidates.

Text for the recordingprovided courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Association as presented in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln.

Produced in time to mark the 150th anniversary of the debates and the 200th anniversary of Lincolns birth.

Introduced by Lincoln scholar Allen C. Guelzo, Henry R. Luce III Professor of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg College and author of ''Lincoln and Douglas : The Debates That Defined America."

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[KMKrew]

Lincoln's voice was described by contemporaries as high, thin and "reedy" .... so I would call this a good attempt at accuracy.

[BullshipDetector]

Dryfus is a wonderful actor -- but his voice for this part, giving an extended solo response -- become grating after a while.. He has a sing song tone quality.

Still, these parts are exceedingly difficult, because they are so extensive without anything to "play off" of. And the material itself is so dry to our "modern" ear. Most of us understand very little of the details these men are talking about Few actors could pull this off. Raymond Massey could do it for Lincoln.

[firstcavemanflying]

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