Sunday, March 16, 2008
AUDIO EXCERPT FROM WELLES' "JULIUS CAESAR" Pt.2
Here's part two of that post, the one that contains what I believe is the best expression of friendship in all of English literature, the best I know of, anyway. Brutus and Cassius are allies and close friends but they have irreconcilable differences and they clash just before the play's final battle. The way Shakespeare has them reconcile is nothing short of brilliant.
It's a pity that I had to trim this to bare bones so that it would fit into YouTube's 10 minute limit. Now I have to decide whether to put up part one. It contains Marc Antony's speech to the crowd after the assassination of Caesar. It's probably the best speech in the English language, and this is a terrific version, but it depends on Brutus's speech to set it up, and I had to cut that for time. I put up this awkward,too-lean version on YouTube but I might refrain from running it here.
Aaaargh! I just watched the clip again and realized I said Marc Antony met with Brutus when I meant to say Cassius! Sorry, my mother had a stupid child!
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Wow, Orson Welles delivering a great speech. What more could I ask for? You made my day, Eddie!
Holy Cow! I didn't get any feedback on this so far! That makes this the most unpopular post i've ever put up! Well, I guess I'm a bigger fan of this play than most of my readers are. Ah, well.....
Lester: I didn't know about your comment when I wrote my own, above. Thanks! You're the only guy who liked this!
If you buy Welles' version of this play, be sure to buy the one-hour radio abridgement and not the full, theatrical version. The full version wasn't recorded right and is annoying to listen to.
What makes the full theatrical version annoying to listen to?
How abridged is the abridged version?
I have a bunch of Orson Welles' radio performances. These are a true treasure. I've got quite the collection of Burns and Allen, Abbot and Costello, W.C. Fields, Jack Benny, The Shadow, War of the Worlds, Fiber McGee and Molly, you name it.
One day I'm going to buy a radio station and play nothing but old dramas, comedies and serials. And the only commercials will be those in-show commercials that used to be performed by the radio players.
- trevor.
"Fiber McGee and Molly" must have been sponsored by Ex-Lax.
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