{"product_id":"book-bjjr","title":"The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen veteran award-winning radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) was a student in his final semester at Kean College (now Kean University) in 1982, he designed his own course, in which he produced and directed a radio version of \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCasting Kean faculty and students, and portraying the melancholy Danish prince himself, Bevilacqua not only completed his nearly four-hour radio adaption of Shakespeare’s greatest work, he did so while carrying a double major in speech-theater-media-communication and English; producing, acting in, and sometimes writing radio plays for the WKNJ Radio Theater he founded at the college station; rehearsing and portraying Dr. Martn Dysart in \u003ci\u003eEquus\u003c\/i\u003e on the Kean Stage; and working twenty hours per week as the assistant manager of Kean’s Writing and Math Lab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating summa cum laude, Bevilacqua saw his production of \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e picked up and distributed by the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) and aired on public radio stations nationwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBevilacqua went on to become one of the most prolific radio drama producers in the United States, as well as an on-camera actor in such films as \u003ci\u003eThe Fly Room\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Better Angels\u003c\/i\u003e and in television shows, including portraying British General Bernard Montgomery in the History Channel’s \u003ci\u003eThe Wars\u003c\/i\u003e and the head of NBC in 1931 for HBO’s \u003ci\u003eBoardwalk Empire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe master reels of Joe Bevilacqua’s radio production of \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e were lost in the 1980s. On January 6, 2015, while going through some old files, Bevilacqua came across an NFCB newsletter listing a number of his radio dramas, including \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e. He then traced the NFCB collection to the University of Maryland Libraries, where it now resides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark\u003c\/i\u003e is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet is instructed to enact on his uncle Claudius. Claudius had murdered his own brother, Hamlet’s father, and subsequently seized the throne, marrying his deceased brother’s widow, Gertrude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the NFCB newsletter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis four-hour drama is both faithful to Shakespeare and creative in presentation. The acting is of professional quality. Joe Bev highlights the play as Hamlet by using great change of pace and dynamics, articulation and believability, along with superb vocal range. After hearing a tape of the production, veteran voice-man Daws Butler (Yogi Bear) said, “It is among the best Hamlets I have ever heard.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOther highlights are the ghost’s reverb processed bass and Claudius attempting to pray after murdering the king.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTech is good, the acting is excellent. You will understand every word and get the full range of meaning (from tragic to comic) from the characters! Great use of sound effects and music!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBONUS TRACK: “Another Point of View (\u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e Revisited),” originally aired on the CBS Radio Workshop June 22, 1956.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn analytical misrepresentation of Shakespeare’s greatest hero, with William Conrad (narrator, author), Ben Wright (Hamlet, author), and John McIntire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49385174270256,"sku":"BDbjjr","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49385174303024,"sku":"ZEbjjr","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49385174335792,"sku":"ZMbjjr","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/274095-bjjr-Square.jpg?v=1735125596","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bjjr","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}