Hamlet - Audio Cassette - Unabridged Author:William Shakespeare, Frank Muller (Narrator) From the back cover: — ... Frank Muller--hailed by Library Journal as "the best reader I have ever heard"--brings us back to where it all begins: the text. — Muller reads the complete work with the stage directions in the tradition of actors/managers/authors auditioning for plays for their companies, but with this difference: he brings to it a pas... more »sion and an attachment developed over 16 years as a professional actor.
Every actor was born to play Hamlet, but few ever do. And if they are among those few, their personal achievements are often subject to the whims of the director with a "statement" to make. Shakespeare's Hamlet too often becomes a mediocre director's Hamlet.
This unabridged recording puts a talented and devoted actor right next to the most potent source of drama in English literature. His interpretation allows us, the audience, to listen in directly to the author's voice without distraction. In Shakespeare's words: "The play's the thing."