I first saw it live, as part of a high school English class field trip, and it had haunted me in a wonderful way ever since (especially the depiction of the 6-and-half year old prince -- anyone who suspects that Will was a cold and detatched father hasn't seen this play). Then, wanting to revisit it, I got an audio of the play on CD from my local library (The Arkangel edition (http://www.audiobooksonline.com/shopsite/audio/0141802251.ram)).
Unfortunately, the actor playing the young prince sounded like a bored and awkward teenager (perhaps child labor laws prevented them from getting a child of more appropriate age) and the volume levels of the sound effects were annoying. But the actress playing Paulina took my breath away, and the long pastoral scene of the shepards' feast was raucous and joyful.
So there are good versions out there. It's one of the more underrated plays, if you ask me (and Romeo and Juliet are overrated -- I would be happy to see more of the one, and less of the other).
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Date: 2005-09-25 11:50 am (UTC)Unfortunately, the actor playing the young prince sounded like a bored and awkward teenager (perhaps child labor laws prevented them from getting a child of more appropriate age) and the volume levels of the sound effects were annoying. But the actress playing Paulina took my breath away, and the long pastoral scene of the shepards' feast was raucous and joyful.
So there are good versions out there. It's one of the more underrated plays, if you ask me (and Romeo and Juliet are overrated -- I would be happy to see more of the one, and less of the other).