The Importance of Being Earnest (Classic Drama)
by Oscar Wilde
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Author: Oscar WildeNarrator: John Gielgud
Narrator: Edith Evans
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Published: 2005-03-02
ISBN: 9626343427
Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
Book Reviews of The Importance of Being Earnest (Classic Drama)
Book Review: Oh dear, oh dear!
Summary: 2 Stars
When this recording came out, I immediately ordered it, expecting a CD version of the recording available for decades on audio tape (also with Gielgud/Evans). NAXOS, however (and much to my chagrin), "regale" us (??) with a 1952 radio recording which is the aural equivalent of looking at an old oil painting that has been sandblasted and then hosed down with acid. Somewhere in the murk are the actors (apart from Gielgud/Evans, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Betty Hardy, Ronald Ward, Angela Baddeley,...) giving excellent performances, but I doubt whether this recording is really, as the liner notes by Richard Bebb state "vastly superior to a complete version Gielgud and Evans made for Columbia records" (presumably the version I mentioned above, with among others, Roland Culver, Pamely Brown, Celia Johnson, Jean Cadell). Basically it is like one of these old opera recordings which get dug up in some archives and are then issued - wonderful if one is in the mood for it, but basically a chore to listen to. My tip: wait for the 1953 Columbia/EMI recording - NAXOS, or whoever has the rights to the tapes, REISSUE IT AT ONCE!!!! This 1952 recording is nice as a back up, but the later recording wins hands down in the sound department.
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