Arkangel Shakespeare

The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare is a notable series of audio-drama presentations of 38 of William Shakespeare's 39 plays.

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The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare is a notable series of audio drama presentations of 38 of William Shakespeare's 39 plays. The recordings were released from 1998 onwards, first on audio cassette and then later on CD.

The plays are unabridged and based on The Complete Pelican Shakespeare, published by Penguin Classics. The music for all the plays was written and produced by composer Dominique Le Gendre. The production features nearly 400 actors, almost all past or present members of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare won the 2004 Audie Award for "Best Audio Drama".

The logo on the box cover features a figure of Shakespeare composed entirely from books, reminiscent of the Renaissance Italian painting The Librarian by Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

The project spanned five years and cost $3 million. The series represents the collective vision of four individuals: Tom Treadwell, a Shakespeare scholar; Bill Shepherd, a film producer; Clive Brill, producer and director at the BBC; and Dominique Le Gendre, a composer.

The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare was published by Audio Partners.

The cast members of each play are listed below.

Notes

All's Well That Ends Well

Emily Woof – Helena Sam West – Bertram Edward de Souza – Parolles Maggie Steed – Countess Clive Swift – King of France Denys Hawthorne – Lafew Aidan Gillett – Lavatch Nicholas Murchie - Interpreter John Warnaby - First French Lord Michael Higgs - Second French Lord Rebecca Saire – Diana Jenny Howe – Widow Gavin Muir - Duke of Florence Charlotte Harvey - Mariana Scott Cherry - Messenger

Antony and Cleopatra

Ciarán Hinds – Antony Estelle Kohler – Cleopatra Ian Hughes – Octavius Caesar David Burke – Domitius Enobarbus Eve Matheson – Charmian Emma Gregory – Iras Alisdair Simpson – Dolabella Tracy-Ann Oberman – Octavia Trevor Martin – Lepidus Christopher Luscombe – Mardian Charlie Simpson – Pompey Jonathan Tafler – Menas John McAndrew – Eros Steve Hodson - Philo Arthur Cox - Soothsayer Michael N. Harbour - Menecrates Mark Bonnar - Scarus Will Keen - Diomedes Gary Bakewell - Cleopatra's messenger Richard Durden - Alexas

As You Like It

Niamh Cusack – Rosalind Stephen Mangan – Orlando Victoria Hamilton – Celia Ian Pepperell - Silvius Jonathan Tafler – Oliver Sarah-Jane Holm – Audrey Gerard Murphy – Jacques Clarence Smith – Touchstone Philip Voss – Duke Senior Hugh Ross – Duke Frederick Carolyn Backhouse – Phebe Raymond Bowers – Corin John Hollis – Adam Chook Sibtain - Amiens Sean Baker - Le Beau Matthew Morgan - Charles the wrestler Mark Lambert - Lord Duncan Bell - Jaques de Boys

The Comedy of Errors

David Tennant – Antipholus of Syracuse Brendan Coyle – Antipholus of Ephesus Alan Cox – Dromio of Syracuse Jason O'Mara – Dromio of Ephesus Niamh Cusack – Adriana Sorcha Cusack – Luciana Trevor Peacock – Egeon Helen Ryan – Abbess Dermot Crowley - Duke of Ephesus Pauline McLynn - Courtesan Lloyd Hutchison - Angelo Robert Donovan - First Merchant Tom Farrelly - Balthazar Donna Ansley - Luce

Coriolanus

Paul Jesson – Coriolanus Marjorie Yates – Volumnia Ewan Hooper – Menenius Martin Marquez – Aufidius Shirley Dixon – Valeria

Cymbeline

Jack Shepherd – Cymbeline Sophie Thompson – Imogen Ben Porter – Posthumus Stephen Moore - Belarius Ron Cook – Iachimo Stephen Mangan – Cloten Suzanne Bertish – The Queen Ian Hughes - Arviragus Will Keen - Guiderius James Greene - Pisanio Charlie Woods - Philario Max Bonamy - Soothsayer Rupert Mason - Senator Annabel Capper - Lady James Reynard - Messenger Julius Barnett - Jailer

Hamlet

Simon Russell Beale – Hamlet Imogen Stubbs – Ophelia Jane Lapotaire – Gertrude Bob Peck – Claudius Norman Rodway – Polonius Paul Jesson – The Ghost/Gravedigger Alan Cox – Horatio Damian Lewis – Laertes

Henry IV, Part I

Julian Glover – Henry IV Jamie Glover – Prince Hal Richard Griffiths – Sir John Falstaff Alan Cox – Hotspur Elizabeth Spriggs – Mistress Quickly Jane Slavin – Lady Percy

Henry IV, Part II

Julian Glover – Henry IV Jamie Glover – Prince Hal Richard Griffiths – Sir John Falstaff Peter Jeffrey – Northumberland Elizabeth Spriggs – Mistress Quickly Edward de Souza – Pistol Sidney Livingstone – Bardolph Geoffrey Bayldon – Shallow Christian Rodska – Silence, Lord Chief Justice Eve Matheson – Doll Tearsheet Chris Pavlo – Page

Henry V

Jamie Glover – Henry V Brian Cox – Chorus Ian Hughes – Fluellen Bill Nighy – King of France Alan Cox – Mountjoy Elizabeth Spriggs – The Hostess Edward de Souza – Pistol

Henry VI, Part I

David Tennant – Henry VI Norman Rodway – Duke of Gloucester John Bowe – Talbot Amanda Root – Joan of Arc Isla Blair – Countess Clive Merrison – York Kelly Hunter - Margaret Nigel Cooke - Suffolk Steve Hodson - Winchester Raymond Bowers - Burgundy Nicholas Rowe - Bastard of Orleans, Porter David Yelland - Charles the Dauphin Michael N. Harbour - Somerset John Hollis - Reignier, Vernon Trevor Martin - Mortimer Christopher Benjamin - Bedford, Lucy Mark Lambert - Alençon Anthony Jackson - Exeter

Henry VI, Part II

David Tennant – Henry VI Clive Merrison – York John Bowe – Warwick Kelly Hunter – Queen Margaret Norman Rodway – Duke of Gloucester Isla Blair – Duchess of Gloucester David Troughton – Richard Plantagenet Kenneth Cranham – Jack Cade Jamie Glover – Young Clifford

Henry VI, Part III

David Tennant – Henry VI Clive Merrison – York John Bowe – Warwick Kelly Hunter – Queen Margaret David Troughton – Richard of Gloucester Stephen Boxer – Edward IV Jamie Glover – Clifford

Henry VIII

Paul Jesson – Henry VIII Jane Lapotaire – Queen Katherine Timothy West – Cardinal Wolsey Anton Lesser – Duke of Norfolk David Yelland - Duke of Buckingham Steve Hodson - Cranmer Ian Gelder - Duke of Suffolk Michael N. Harbour - Cranmer Sean Baker – Prologue/Epilogue Katharine Schlesinger – Anne Bullen Maria Charles - Old Lady Alan Westaway - Lord Abergavenny Stephen Mangan - Earl of Surrey John McAndrew - Doctor Butts Alan Cox - Bishop of Lincoln Nicholas Rowe - Lovell

Julius Caesar

Michael Feast Julius Caesar John Bowe Marcus Brutus Adrian Lester Marcus Antonius Geoffrey Whitehead Cassius Estelle Kohler Portia

King John

Michael Feast – King John Michael Maloney – Philip the Bastard Eileen Atkins – Constance Margaret Robertson – Elinor Bill Nighy – Cardinal Pandolph Trevor Peacock – Hubert Geoffrey Whitehead – King Philip

King Lear

Trevor Peacock – Lear Anton Lesser – Kent Penny Downie – Goneril Samantha Bond – Regan Julia Ford – Cordelia Gerard Murphy – Edmund David Tennant – Edgar Clive Merrison – Gloucester John Rogan – The Fool

Love's Labour's Lost

Greg Wise – King of Navarre Samantha Bond – Princess of France Alex Jennings – Berowne Alan Howard – Don Armado Emma Fielding – Rosaline John Warnaby - Dumaine Jonathan Tafler - Longaville Katherine Schlesinger - Katherine Susan Rice - Maria David Horovitch - Holofernes Kenneth Jay - Nathaniel John Dallimore - Dull Max Bonamy - Costard Emily Raymond - Jaquenetta Nicholas Woodeson - Boyet Stephen O’Neill - Moth/Mote

Macbeth

Hugh Ross – Macbeth Harriet Walter – Lady Macbeth John Bowe – Banquo Gary Bakewell – Macduff Sean Baker – Ross Mark Bonnar – Malcolm David Tennant – The Porter

Measure for Measure

Roger Allam – The Duke of Vienna Simon Russell Beale – Angelo Stella Gonet – Isabella Jonathan Firth – Claudio Stephen Mangan – Lucio Desmond Barrit – Pompey Emily Bruni - Mariana Christopher Benjamin – Escalus Christian Rodska - Provost Patricia Brake - Mistress Overdone Lloyd Hutchinson - Elbow David Cardy - Abhorson David Killick - Friar Peter Abigail Docherty - Juliet Ian Gelder - Barnardine Chris Pavlo - Froth Shirley Dixon - Nun Robert Portal - Friar Thomas

The Merchant of Venice

Bill Nighy – Antonio Trevor Peacock – Shylock Julian Rhind-Tutt – Bassanio Haydn Gwynne – Portia David Tennant – Launcelot Gobbo Alison Reid – Nerissa Geoffrey Whitehead – The Duke/Tubal Will Keen - Gratiano Sarah-Jane Holm - Jessica Matthew Delamere - Lorenzo

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Dinsdale Landen – Sir John Falstaff Sylvestra Le Touzel – Mistress Ford Penny Downie – Mistress Page Nicholas Woodeson – Ford Clive Swift – Justice Shallow

A Midsummer Night's Dream

David Harewood – Oberon Adjoa Andoh – Titania Richard McCabe – Puck Paul Shelley - Theseus Sophie Heyman - Hippolyta Geoffrey Whitehead - Egeus, Philostrate Roy Hudd – Bottom Richard Cordery - Quince Amanda Root – Hermia Saskia Wickham – Helena Rupert Penry-Jones – Lysander Clarence Smith – Demetrius

Much Ado About Nothing

Saskia Reeves – Beatrice Samuel West – Benedick Paul Jesson – Don Pedro Jason O'Mara – Claudio Abigail Docherty – Hero Bryan Pringle – Dogberry Steve Hodson – Don John

Othello

Don Warrington – Othello David Threlfall – Iago Anne-Marie Duff – Desdemona Suzanne Bertish – Emelia Jasper Britton – Cassio Stephen Mangan – Roderigo Clive Swift - Brabantio Julian Glover – The Duke of Venice Tracy-Ann Oberman - Bianca Will Keen - Montano Chris Crooks - Gratiano Alan David - Lodovico Mark Bonnar - Clown James Greene - Herald Jonathan Tafler - Messenger

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Sir John Gielgud – John Gower Nigel Terry – Pericles Stella Gonet – Thaisa Julie Cox – Marina

Richard II

Rupert Graves – Richard II Julian Glover – Henry IV John Wood – John of Gaunt Isla Blair – Duchess of Gloucester Saira Todd – Queen Isabel John Nettleton – York Peter Jeffrey - Northumberland Rupert Penry-Jones - Aumerle Steve Hodson - Mowbray Edward de Souza - Carlisle Susan Brown - Duchess of York Geoffrey Bayldon - Gardener Alan Cox - Percy

Richard III

David Troughton – Richard Philip Voss – Buckingham Sonia Ritter – Queen Elizabeth Saskia Wickham – Lady Anne Margaret Robertson – Queen Margaret John McAndrew – Clarence/Lovell Stephen Boxer – Edward IV/Oxford David Tennant – The Archbishop/Ghost of Henry VI

Romeo and Juliet

Joseph Fiennes – Romeo Maria Miles – Juliet Elizabeth Spriggs – Nurse David Tennant – Mercutio Trevor Peacock – Capulet Jonathan Tafler – Tybalt/The Apothecary Clive Swift – Friar Laurence/Chorus

The Taming of the Shrew

Roger Allam – Petruchio Frances Barber – Kate Alan Cox – Lucentio Clarence Smith – Tranio Michael Higgs – Grumio Sean Baker - Christopher Sly, Baptista Minola Elizabeth O'Brien - Bianca Charles Simpson - Hortensio John Hollis - Gremio Keith Drinkel - Vincentio, Lord Richard Pearce - Biondello

The Tempest

Bob Peck – Prospero Adrian Lester – Ariel Richard McCabe – Caliban Jennifer Ehle – Miranda Jamie Glover – Ferdinand Simon Russell Beale – Antonio Arthur Cox – Stephano Desmond Barrit – Trinculo Anjoa Andoh - Iris

Timon of Athens

Alan Howard – Timon Norman Rodway – Apemantus Damian Lewis – Alcibiades John McAndrew – Flavius

Titus Andronicus

David Troughton – Titus Harriet Walter – Tamora Paterson Joseph – Aaron David Burke – Marcus Ian Hughes – Saturninus Emma Gregory – Lavinia Nicholas Murchie – Bassianus Charlie Simpson – Demetrius John McAndrew – Chiron Will Keen – Lucius

Troilus and Cressida

Ian Pepperell – Troilus Julia Ford – Cressida Norman Rodway – Pandarus Gerard Murphy – Ulysses David Troughton – Thersites

Twelfth Night

Niamh Cusack – Viola Amanda Root – Olivia Paterson Joseph – Feste Julian Glover – Malvolio Jonathan Firth – Orsino Dinsdale Landen – Sir Toby Belch Richard Cordery – Sir Andrew Aguecheek Will Keen – Sebastian Maggie McCarthy – Maria Alex Lowe – Antonio

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Michael Maloney – Proteus