King Lear (Oregon Shakespeare Festival - Audio Theater Production)

Product Description [MP3-CD audio format in Vinyl case. *NOTE: The MP3-CD format requires a compatible audio CD player.] [*Fully Dramatized by the OSF cast] Blackstone Audio is proud to present the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2013 production of KING LEAR, Shakespeare's dark yet brilliant tragedy of madness and betrayal, directed by artistic director Bill Rauch. This stunning work of audio theater, fully dramatized with performances by the OSF cast, is a must-listen. Ambition is thicker than blood . . . King Lear is ready to turn his realm over to his three daughters. His plan is simple: give the biggest piece to the daughter who loves him most. But honeyed words and hubris blind Lear to the true motives of those around him, plunging king and kingdom into a hell of treachery, madness, and unspeakable acts -- with consequences that reveal the worst and best in human nature. About the Author William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English poet and dramatist of the Elizabethan and early Jacobean period, is the most widely known author in all of English literature and often considered the greatest. He was an active member of a theater company for at least twenty years, during which time he wrote many great plays. Plays were not prized as literature at the time, and Shakespeare was not widely read until the middle of the eighteenth century, when a great upsurge of interest in his works began that continues today. OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL -- Established in 1935, the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is among the oldest and largest professional regional theaters in the country. Located in Ashland, Oregon, OSF offers an eight-month season with a wide-ranging playbill of eleven productions, including Shakespeare, American classics, musicals, contemporary works, and world premieres. Plays originating at OSF have gone on to be produced by many regional theaters, and its productions have been recognized and honored nationally, including the recent nomination of two plays for the Kennedy Theater Prize. In 2011, the Blackstone Audio and Oregon Shakespeare Festival collaboration of Hamlet was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album.