Publisher, Audio Partners (October 2005)

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Featured performers: Bob Peck, Jennifer Ehle, Adrian Lester, Simon Russell Beale & Jamie Glover

"We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep." Shakespeare's finale is a fittingly dazzling finish to perhaps the most remarkable literary career of all time. You'll thrill to the parallels between Prospero and Shakespeare ? both powerful magicians on the verge of retirement. A hauntingly lyrical tale of shipwreck, magic, romance, comedy, and poetry.

Cast Information:

Prospero - Bob Peck
Miranda - Jennifer Ehle
Ariel - Adrian Lester
Antonio - Simon Russell Beale
Ferdinand - Jamie Glover
Caliban - Richard McCabe
Trinculo - Desmond Barrit
Alonso - Jack Klaff
Gonzalo - Christian Rodska
Sebastian - Chook Sibtain
Stephano - Arthur Cox
Boatswain - Nicholas Murchie
Ceres - Sîan Radinger
Iris - Adjoa Andoh
Juno - Abigail Docherty
Francisco - Robert Whitelock

About the Creative Director Clive Brill graduated from Oxford University and then joined the BBC where he worked for 12 years as director, producer, and commissioning editor. In 1996, he left the BBC to develop and direct the Arkangel Shakespeare project. He directed all 38 plays, which star many of today's finest actors. He is a co-director of Pacificus Productions in London, which produces drama across all media.

The Arkangel Complete Shakespeare is one of the most ambitious undertakings in recent recording history. All thirty-eight of Shakespeare's plays, uncut, fully-dramatized and accompanied by original music, are brought to life by the voices of many of the most distinguished actors presently performing in British Film and Theatre.