Classics for Beginners discussion

An exciting new audio book of the well known Shakespeare classic Macbeth has been released and we have a sneaky peak of the book and an interview with the star of the play, super famous actor Alan Cumming. Here is the link which I hope you will enjoy as much as I did!

http://pages.simonandschuster.com/mac...

The publishers have given us an exciting opportunity and are offering a FREE COPY of the audio book to be posted out to one lucky person! Sadly they are based in the US and can only post in this country, which I do apologise for. For a chance to win a copy of Macbeth enter your details here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/v...

This giveaway is exclusively for members of our group Classics for Beginners. I would really appreciate it if you would review the audio book after you have received it, and as you can see from the link there is 20% off for the rest of us! :)

Feel free to discuss the audio book here and what you think!

This is great love the play and the reader hope I win!

What do people think of the audio book and the interview?

Hi!

Hope everyone is enjoying the giveaway and thank you for all you comments! My name is Susan Lee, the contact from Simon & Schuster, and I am so happy to see everyone’s comments and opinions on the excerpt.

I would like to add to this discussion and ask some questions so that we may get the conversation going and see what everyone thinks about the performance. What do you think of the audio excerpt from Alan’s performance? If you were tackling Shakespeare solo, what play would you choose?

When I first listened to audio excerpt I felt chills going down my back. Alan Cumming was able to make the voices for each character distinct and the tone he used fit the play perfectly. I read Macbeth when I was in high school and I was never able to fully grasp the voices of the characters but Alan does it perfectly. He made each character unique so I was able to keep track of the characters with little difficulty. If I were tackling Shakespeare solo I would definitely choose Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. It is my favorite play by Shakespeare and I would love to see someone act out all the different and unique characters. It would be very interesting to see how someone would act as the brother and the sister while the sister is pretending to be the brother.

I am so excited to see what everyone has to say!

Thanks
Susan

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Rosanna has won the copy of Macbeth!

I'm so excited to be the lucky recipient of this audio book version of Macbeth. I have to admit that I'm already a huge fan of Alan Cumming. Cabaret is one of my favorite productions of all time. It will be interesting to hear him perform in this. It is so different. I just received my copy in the mail and will be listening to it shortly.

It was a very daunting and impressive task Alan Cumming took on when he decided to do Macbeth as a one man performance. I can't wait to listen to how he does the different characters' voices. If anyone can pull it off he can.

I really like Macbeth and various adaptations of the play. Akira Kurosawa's film Throne of Blood is riveting. If you haven't seen it you should check it out. Kurosawa transforms Shakespeare into film beautifully.

I am so jelous of you!