ROBERT DONAT Reads Poetry At Home LP 1959 Keats Oscar Winner Goodbye Mr Chips
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Description
Label: Argo PLP 1064
Year: 1959
Vinyl: near mint. Clean surface on visual inspection. Plays beautifully.
Cover and sleeve: EX. Minor edge wear on top and spine but colours are unfaded and clean. A fine example.
Robert Donat reads Favourite Poems at Home - Keats, Hardy, Betjeman, Shakespeare, TS Eliot, Kipling etc
Robert Donat had a rare gift for interpreting poetry, and he enjoyed reciting it throughout his life. When his health made it difficult for him to pursue acting roles, he began to record favourite poems in his home. The following poems come from a collection of these recordings, released posthumously, Robert Donat Reads Favourite Poetry at Home, on LP.
The Prayer of St Francis of Assisi. This recording was played at RD’s memorial service.
One of the most popular actors - indeed stars - of his generation, Robert Donat charmed audiences for more than 25 years with his unique delicacy of voice.
In my opinion, Donat joins three other British-born actors of this time who conquered Hollywood most notably for their vocal performances - a 'club' of a select few who delivered their lines in a classic English accent with an emotion and depth of voice that is a lost linguistic art nowadays.
The others were Herbert Marshall, Ronald Colman and Claude Rains.
See photos for track listing.
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About Robert Donat:
In the 1930s, Manchester-born Robert Donat was perhaps the nearest British equivalent to a Hollywood star, his image forged under the guidance of Alexander Korda.
Tall, handsome in the romantic manner, and possessed of a mellifluous speaking voice, he made his stage debut in 1921, often playing with major provincial repertory theatres, as well as in West End and Old Vic successes.
It is for the tenderness of Chips, of the defeated inventor in The Magic Box (d. John Boulting, 1951) and the ailing clergyman in Lease of Life (d. Charles Frend, 1954) and the dying Mandarin in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (d. Mark Robson, 1958), that one most cherishes him.
Other stars had his dash; it is hard to think of another major star who could so move an audience with the sheer delicacy of his emotional shading in these roles.
His last words on the screen (to Ingrid Bergman) were: "We shall not see each other again, I think. Farewell."
If that sounds sentimental, try watching and listening without weeping.
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