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.

Presenting Laurence Olivier in Excerpts from his Motion Picture Production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Vintage
Catalogue NumberDM-1273: 12-0663-A / 12-0663-B / 12-0664-A / 12-0664-B / 12-0665-A / 12-0665-B
Matrix Number 12-0660-A
Record Label RCA Victor
Record Format78 RPM - 12" Album
Shelf Number298
Number of Tracks6
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
Composer(s) : William Shakespeare
2 - To Be or Not to Be
Composer(s) : William Shakespeare ; William Walton
3 - Speak the Speech
Composer(s) : William Shakespeare
4 - The Play Scene
Composer(s) : William Shakespeare
5 - How Long Hast Thou Been Gravemaker
Composer(s) : William Shakespeare
6 - Funeral March
Composer(s) : William Shakespeare