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William Shakespeare
Venus And Adonis / The Rape Of Lucrece

Album 2007 on Naxos Audiobooks label
Spoken Word (Poetry)

Track 44 encoded by ChapterMark (1.2.4) Unabridged. 15 page PDF included. Although the cover gives it as 'The Complete Text' these readings do not include either of the dedications (printed in the PDF) or the 'Argument' to The Rape Of Lucrece. Also available as 3xCD Naxos NA342912

     
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PortraitWilliam Shakespeare , 1564-1616 GB
album by
PortraitDavid Timson voc, *1950 GB
directed by, sleeve notes, read by, collatine
PortraitDavid Burke ,
narrator
PortraitBenjamin Soames ,
read by, adonis
PortraitDaniel Philpott , GB
read by, brutus
PortraitEve Best , *1971 GB
read by, lucrece
PortraitHugh Dickson ,
read by, lucretius
Ruth Sillers
read by, maid
Oliver Le Sueur
read by, tarquin
PortraitClare Corbett ,
read by, venus
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Venus And AdonisWilliam Shakespeare
2Even As The Sun With Purple...William Shakespeare5:08
3Upon This Promise Did He Raise His Chin...William Shakespeare5:19
4By This The Love-Sick Queen Began To Sweat...William Shakespeare5:01
5But Lo! From Forth A Copse That Neighbours By...William Shakespeare4:57
6He Sees Her Coming, And Begins To Glow...William Shakespeare4:33
7‘I Know Not Love,’ Quoth He, ‘Nor Will Know It...’William Shakespeare4:25
8The Night Of Sorrow Now Is Turn’D To Day...William Shakespeare4:14
9Now Quick Desire Hath Caught The Yielding Prey...William Shakespeare4:07
10‘Thou Hadst Been Gone,’ Quoth She, ‘Sweet Boy, Ere This...’William Shakespeare5:16
11‘Lie Quietly, And Hear A Little More...’William Shakespeare6:03
12With This He Breaketh From The Sweet Embrace...William Shakespeare3:26
13This Said, She Hasteth To A Myrtle Grove...William Shakespeare5:28
14Here Overcome, As One Full Of Despair...William Shakespeare4:40
15As Falcon To The Lure, Away She Flies...William Shakespeare6:15
16She Looks Upon His Lips, And They Are Pale...William Shakespeare4:46
17The Rape Of LucreceWilliam Shakespeare
18From The Besieged Ardea All In Post...William Shakespeare5:00
19Now Thinks He That Her Husband’s Shallow Tongue...William Shakespeare5:47
20Now Stole Upon The Time The Dead Of Night...William Shakespeare5:53
21Thus, Graceless, Holds He Disputation...William Shakespeare5:09
22But All These Poor Forbiddings Could Not Stay Him...William Shakespeare3:48
23O, Had They In That Darksome Prison Died...William Shakespeare4:49
24Imagine Her As One In Dead Of Night...William Shakespeare3:57
25This Said, He Shakes Aloft His Roman Blade...William Shakespeare4:38
26Quoth She, ‘Reward Not Hospitality...’William Shakespeare6:14
27This Said, He Sets His Foot Upon The Light...William Shakespeare4:01
28Even In This Thought Through The Dark Night He Stealeth...William Shakespeare4:38
29‘O Night, Thou Furnace Of Foul-Reeking Smoke...’William Shakespeare5:04
30‘O Opportunity, Thy Guilt Is Great...’William Shakespeare3:50
31‘Why Hath Thy Servant, Opportunity...’William Shakespeare3:57
32‘O Time, Thou Tutor Both To Good And Bad...’William Shakespeare2:57
33This Said, From Her Be-Tumbled Couch...William Shakespeare3:52
34Thus Cavils She With Every Thing She Sees...William Shakespeare3:43
35As The Poor Frighted Deer, That Stands At Gaze...William Shakespeare4:10
36This Plot Of Death When Sadly She Had Laid...William Shakespeare3:50
37By This, Mild Patience Bid Fair Lucrece Speak...William Shakespeare4:11
38Her Letter Now Is Seal’d, And On It Writ...William Shakespeare5:42
39For Much Imaginary Work Was There...William Shakespeare4:56
40Here Feelingly She Weeps Troy’s Painted Woes...William Shakespeare4:51
41Here, All Enrag’d, Such Passion Her Assails...William Shakespeare3:20
42And Now This Pale Swan In Her Watery Nest...William Shakespeare3:26
43Lo, Here, The Hopeless Merchant Of This Loss...William Shakespeare4:20
44Even Here She Sheathed In Her Harmless Breast...William Shakespeare3:30
45By This Starts Collatine As From A Dream...William Shakespeare5:11
46Venus And Adonis, The Rape Of LucreceWilliam Shakespeare
47Venus And Adonis, The Rape Of LucreceWilliam Shakespeare3:18:17
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