Scenes from 'King Richard II and 'Sonnet CXVI'
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Duration: 00:04:16
Shelf mark: 1CL0005063
Recording date: 1931-02
Authors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Performers: Gielgud, Sir John (actor)
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Issued as part of the Linguaphone 'Shakespeare' series . Original issue number: LINGUAPHONE EEG 29 E; matrix number: EEG 29 E
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Ginevra House, Engagement Officer, British Library
05 May 2009
The sonnet is no. 116 and begins at 3:05 with the line ''Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments...''
British Library
10 Mar 2009
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