However, there is no doubt that he will be remembered particularly for his recordings of Proust, where his urbane, measured, insightful performances, sustained over 120 hours in the unabridged version, have resulted in one of the greatest audiobook landmarks of all time. The sheer range of subjects among the 60 recordings he read for Naxos AudioBooks showed his versatility and his impeccable preparation. ‘Over two decades of close association I had nothing but complete admiration for Neville and his craft as a reader. Nicolas Soames, former Publisher of Naxos AudioBooks, has fond memories of his time working with Neville. His work for Naxos was recognised on several occasions: as a director, he won Talkie Awards for Great Expectations and Poets of the Great War and as a reader, he won AudioFile Earphone Awards for The Captive, Time Regained, The Once and Future King and War and Peace (Best Audiobooks of the Year 20). Perhaps most notable was his Remembrance of Things Past by his beloved Proust, but his readings extended to the literary classics of Russia ( War and Peace Evgenii Onegin) and England ( The Once and Future King and Far from the Madding Crowd). Neville began his association with Naxos AudioBooks in the very early days of the label and was a prolific contributor to its output. He was a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company three times, and was often heard in radio plays, documentaries and arts programmes.
Amongst his film work was the Bond movie From Russia With Love. Television appearances included Maigret, Dr Who, Hamlet, Crime and Punishment, Dixon of Dock Green, When the Boat Comes In, Minder, Dempsey and Makepeace, and Windmill Near a Frontier. In addition, Neville appeared in numerous musicals, including Kiss Me Kate and Irma La Douce. He was a member of the Old Vic Company, the English Stage Company, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Birmingham Repertory Company. His first appearance in the theatre was in Peter Brook’s production of Titus Andronicus starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
They are performed, unabridged, by a cast led by Bruce Alexander as Socrates, following his successful reading of The Republic for Naxos AudioBooks.ĭownload PDF booklet More product details ISBN:īorn in 1934, Neville Jason trained at RADA where he was awarded the diction prize by Sir John Gielgud.
These are presented with scene-setting introductions to the historical situation. Phaedo is the account, by a young man, of the actual last words and moments of Socrates. In Apology Socrates defends himself before the Athenian court against charges of corrupting youth. The Trial and Death of Socrates remains a powerful document, partly because it was a true – perhaps in certain parts verbatim – account of the end of one of the greatest figures in history. With Neville Jason, Gordon Griffin & David Timson unabridged Audio Sample Plato The Trial and Death of Socrates
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