Sound recordings selected for Shakespeare Off the Map 2016, a UK higher education videogame competition organised by the British Library and GameCity.

The winning entry for Shakespeare Off the Map 2016 was The Tempest by Team Quattro (De Montfort University): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lzpEFgpk3Y

Off The Map challenges budding designers to use collections from the British Library as inspiration to create exciting interactive digital media.

Shakespeare Off the Map

macbeth

Juli

Literature

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel by A.J. Hartley and David Hewson on Audible:
http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Hamlet-Prince-of-Denmark-A-Novel-Audiobook/B00IRH50GM?source_code=SCLGBWS03241490BZ

Summary:

It is a tale of ghosts, of madness, of revenge - of old alliances giving way to new intrigues. Denmark is changing, shaking off its medieval past. War with Norway is on the horizon. And Hamlet - son of the old king, nephew of the new - becomes increasingly entangled in a web of deception - and murder.

Struggling to find his place in this strange new order Hamlet tries to rekindle his relationship with Ophelia - the daughter of Elsinore’s cunning spy master, a man with plots of his own. Hamlet turns for advice and support to the one person he can trust -- Young Yorick, the slippery, unruly jester, whose father helped Hamlet through a difficult childhood. And all the while the armed forces of Fortinbras, prince of Norway, start to assemble, threatening to bring down Elsinore forever.

Beautifully performed by actor Richard Armitage ("Thorin Oakenshield" in the Hobbit films), Hamlet, Prince of Denmark takes Shakespeare’s original into unexpected realms, reinventing a story we thought we knew.

A. J. Hartley is the New York Times best-selling author of the Will Hawthorne fantasy series and several thrillers, as well as the Darwen Arkwright books for younger readers. He is the Russell Robinson Distinguished Professor of Shakespeare at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

David Hewson is the best-selling author of more than 20 novels, including the Nic Costa crime series and a trilogy of books based on the hit Danish television show The Killing. His most-recent novel, The House of Dolls, begins a new series set in Amsterdam.

Richard Armitage is known to movie audiences around the world as "Thorin Oakenshield" in the trilogy of films based on The Hobbit. Born in Leicester, England, and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Armitage has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and created memorable roles on Robin Hood, North & South, and other British TV series.

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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel by A. J. Hartley, David Hewson, Narrated by Richard Armitage (#1)

A group of five Carrion Crows in the trees, before roosting, during a blustery force 6 wind. Recorded in winter at Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire by Richard Margoschis.

British Library reference: 1CD0091587 D2 BD9

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/forest-sky-winter-landscape-r%C3%BCgen-584354/

Woodland In Winter

Scottish woodland at dawn recorded by Richard Margoschis. A chorus of several Chaffinches and Wrens singing, a Blackbird and Rooks, Woodpigeons singing, loud Crows and wing whirring from a Pheasant, a distant cockerel and Jackdaws.

British Library reference: 1CD0091587 D1 BD8

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/bluebell-wood-flowers-springtime-905626/

Woodland In Late Spring

Babbling brook recorded in Kynance Cove, Cornwall on 1st March 1996 by Paul Duck.

British Library reference: W1CDR0000199 BD11

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/water-drop-rain-falling-pouring-275938/

Babbling Brook, Cornwall, England, March 1996

Light rainfall recorded in Amacayacu National Park, Colombia on 1st September 1988 by Richard Ranft.

British Library reference: W1CDR0000524 BD5

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/water-priroda-drops-rain-815271/


Light Rainfall, Colombia, September 1988

Morning in an old forest in Gloucestershire at springtime recorded by Richard Margoschis. The shrill notes of a Wren and nasal calls of a Nuthatch, gentle cooings of Woodpigeons, Robin song, a Pheasant crowing and bees humming. Rooks cawing, scolding notes of a Jay, a Blue Tit calling and singing, drumming from a Great Spotted Woodpecker. Also the songs and calls of a Blackbird, Cuckoo, Willow Warbler and Coal Tit.

British Library Reference: 1CD0091587 D1 BD3

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/tree-support-tree-moss-forest-log-505041/

Old Forest In Spring

Dagger speech from Macbeth, performed by Arthur Bourchier (1863-1927) and published by HMV in 1909.

British Library Reference: 1CL0029065 side A

Listen to this recording on the British Library Sounds website: http://sounds.bl.uk/Arts-literature-and-performance/Early-spoken-word-recordings/024M-1CL0029065XX-0100V0

Image Reference: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Thomas_Keene_in_Macbeth_1884_Wikipedia_crop.png

Is This A Dagger.. Macbeth Act 2, Scene 1 (1909, HMV)

Speaker(s): Dr Tim Hochstrasser, Dr Padraic Scanlan | Editor's note: This podcast ends at 36.23. Utopias come in many shapes and sizes - theological, ideological, or pure fantastical and visionary projections that are intended to inspire or create enthusiasm for the creation of alternative ways of living. They can also be attempts to make those ideas real in practice, with a variety of outcomes, positive and negative. Tim Hochstrasser will discuss "Utopias and Dystopias in 18th century Political Economy: Mandeville, Voltaire and Smith".  Padraic Scanlan will discuss "Freedom and Slavery in West African Colonial Utopias". Tim Hochstrasser is Associate Professor in the Department of International History at LSE. Padraic Scanlan is Assistant Professor in the Department of International History at LSE. David Stevenson is Stevenson Professor of International History at LSE.

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Carving out a reputation for cutting edge, new era production and showcasing both theirs and Addictive’s deeper alter ego, Handra return with their 3rd and most exciting EP yet on the label. Inviting the production talents of Bristol based duo Mystic State and the skills of label friends Tiiu and Ed:it, this EP has all the ingredients of a timeless D&B release.

Arcane: “Understood by few, mysterious, dark, or secret” A fitting title for this enigmatic collaboration from Handra and relative newcomers Mystic State. Beginning with eerie pads and some bassy percussion rolling up from the deep, a mystifying male vocal interjects rapping us up to an aggressive drop. This roller is full of energy and character, marching us on with quality engineered drums and a stomach rumbling bassline. 

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Track from my album "Sometimes" (as Goldmund)recently featured in the trailer for Jeff Nichol's upcoming film "Loving"

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Sometimes

Goldmund-Turncoat

Blu Mar Ten give Nuage the remix treatment, transforming the ambient 'Colors' into a crisp 170BPM roller. Forthcoming on the Prints of You EP on Translation Recordings, pre-order here: https://translationrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/prints-of-you-remixes

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Nuage - Colors (Blu Mar Ten Remix)

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