The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

Sololoquies from Hamlet by William Shakespeare


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Vintage
Catalogue NumberDAU-7: DAU 90024 A / DAU 90024 B / DAU 90025 A / DAU 90025 B
Matrix Number 74015
Record Label Decca
Record Format78 RPM - 12" Album
Shelf Number191
Number of Tracks4
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes N/A

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - O, That This Too Too Solid Flesh…(Act 1, Scene 2) - O, All You Host of Heaven (Act 1, Scene 5)
Composer(s) : William Shakespeare
2 - O, What A Rogue And Peasant Slave Am I ... (Act II - Scene 2)
Composer(s) : William Shakespeare
3 - I Will Tell You Why; So Shall My Anticipation Prevent... (Act II - Scene 2) ; To Be, Or Not To Be (Act III - Scene 1)
Composer(s) : William Shakespeare
4 - How All Occasions Do Inform Against Me ... (Act IV - Scene 4); What Is He Whose Grief Bares Such An Emphasis? (Act V - Scene 1)
Composer(s) : William Shakespeare