Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

"Richard II," "Richard III," "Juhus Caesar," "Hamlet" and "King Lear." This very fine selection of material is equally well performed by Sir John Gielgud. It was not too long ago that Sir John toured America with this and other Sheakespeare readings. Thus, as a representation of tlie stage performance, the recording includes Sonnets XVIII, LXXIII, CXVI, CXXX and CXXXVIII. David Allen, on Poetry Records, reads 16 Shakespeare sonnets. These iu-e "Not marble, nor the gilded monuments," "Look in thy glass, and tell the face thou viewest," "Music to hear, why hearest thou music sadly?," "When I consider everything that grows," "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun," "That time of year thou may'st in me behond," "Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever now," "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" "When to the sessions of sweet silent thought," "When in disgrace with fortime and men's eyes," "Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws," "When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced," "Since brass, not stone, nor earth, nor boimdless sea," "How BUDGET-WISE ATC 300C • LOW COST 4 SPEED PORTABLE RECORD PLAYER • One of the most popular 4 speed portables on the market, the ATC 300C embodies proven teaching features and eliminates expensive consumer frills • Features: 10 watt Hi-Fi amplifier, transformer powered for complete safety • 9" oval speaker with coaxial tweeter cone • Output jack for headsets or external speaker • Automatic turntable idler release, rubber turntable mat • Scuff resistant fabric covered H" plywood case, metal corners and knees, spring cushioned plastic feet • Carrying weight only 17 lbs. • ATC 300VC same as above with variable speed turntable • Weight: 18 lbs. ALL ATC PRODUCTS ARE TRANSFORMER POWERED FOR COMPLETE SAFETY Ask your dealer about the ATC 300C or write for complete specifications. AUDIOTRONICS ~71 udio i roniCS CORPORATION • BOX 505, NORTH HOLLYWOOD 6, CALIFORNIA /IcccUa CARDALOG® Record Reviews on Cards Box 1771— Albany 1, New York D Please enter our 1 year subscription (s) to Audio CARDALOG. 400 cords-lO issues-$25.00 n Please send us full information about Audio CARDALOG. Name Organization or School Address Cify and State heavy do I journey on the way," "Ti me fair friend, you never can be old I and "Let me not to the marriage oi true minds." Critics agree that this i a very fine recording and Louis Unteri meyer has said that the poems "an read with the greatest authority aiM sensitivity." Christopher Casson sings The Songf of Shakespeare on Spoken Words rec ord SW-159. He includes 33 selection from "Much Ado About Nothing, "As You Like It," "Merchant of Ven ice," "Two Gentlemen of Verona, "Hamlet," "Measure for Measure, "Love's Labour Lost," "Winer's Tale, "Midsummer Night's Dream," "Tb Tempest," "Merry Wives of Windsor, "Henry VIII," "Cymbeline" an( "Twelfth Night." Spoken Arts (766/7) offers Anev McMaster playing the lead role in ; group of excerpts from Shakespean plays. Tho.se included are "Hamlet, "Macbeth," "Othello," "King Lear, "The Merchant of Venice," "Romei and Juliet," "Julius Caesar," 'As Yoi Like It" and "The Taming of thi Shrew." These are exceptionally well performed selections in which Mr. Mc Master is able to display his unuaua histrionic talents. The number and variety of com plete Shakespearean plays— or long ex cerpts— available is remarkable con sidering the age of the material am the intense competition in the record ing field. As teachers we are the for tunate group to profit from this tre mendous library of material. In man) oases we can offer our students com parative performances so that they cai contrast the interpretation and the de livery of actors. In the interests of brevity we shal merely list the play, the recording artist, and the publisher with his num ber. Suffice it to say that these are al worthy of presentation to class groups The list is on the preceding page. Just For Listening Some of the recent recordings whici may interest teachers for use in clasj and which have appeal beyond that foi home collections and for library \m are useful additions to .school collections. VVe have in mind that the development of a listening center in ih school hbrary is apropos. VVe have ir mind that the gifted student can, oi at least should be able to, go to the library, select a recording of interest and sit and listen to a spoken or niusi cal presentation. The simple device are sometimes overlooked in our search for media which widen appreciation 36 Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide — January, 196)