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A selection of Shakespeare sonnets read in Maori by Merimeri Penfold and in English by Mac Jackson, Michael Neill, and Jan Kemp.

 Collection — item: 3, drawer: 3
Identifier: MSS-Archives-2007/3

Scope and Contents

Sonnets translated into Maori by Merimeri Penfold. Recorded at the University of Auckland by Faculty of Arts Multi- Media Teaching Support Unit, December 2006. Disc 1: Nine Shakespearean Sonnets read in Maori and English by Merimeri Penfold, Mac Jackson, Michael Neill and Jan Kemp. Title,Translation Notes in Maori & English - Tks 1 - 3 Sonnet 55 - Tks 4 - 7, Sonnet 60 - Tks 8 - 11 Sonnet 64 - Tks 12 - 15, Sonnet 65 - Tks 16 - 19 Sonnet 73 - Tks 20 - 23, Sonnet 74 - Tks 24 - 27 Sonnet 127 - Tks 28 - 31, Sonnet 130 - Tks 32 - 35 Sonnet 138 - Tks 36 – 39 The sonnets are read in numerical order and the voice order is Merimeri Penfold, Mac Jackson, Michael Neill and Jan Kemp. The say their name at the beginning of Sonnet 55 only. Sonnet number is read out by each reader. Disc 2 Some Shakespearean Sonnets read by Mac Jackson and Jan Kemp. Title track and then sonnets read in numerical order. When they both read the same sonnet Mac reads it first and then Jan Mac Jackson reads Sonnet Nos: 1, 2, 12, 15, 18, 29, 30, 33, 71, 87, 94, 97, 106, 108, 109, 115, 116, 124, 126, 129 Jan Kemp reads sonnet Nos: 18, 30, 33, 34, 50, 53, 100, 101, 108, 109, 126, 143, 144, 145 Order to start Title, Mac reads sonnets 1, 2, 12, 15, 18, Jan reads 18, Mac reads 29, 30, Jan reads 30, Mac 33, Jan 33, 34, 50, 53 etc

Dates

  • 2006 - 2006

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Not restricted.

Extent

0.01 metres (2 sound discs : digital)

Language of Materials

Maori

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Copies made by Jeanette McKerchar of Multi Media Teaching Support Unit, Faculty of Arts, and purchased from Jan Kemp Riemenschneider 2007.

Existence and Location of Copies

Text of disc 1 published as: Nga¯ waiata aroha a Hekepia = love sonnets by Shakespeare : nine sonnets / translated into Ma¯ori by Merimeri Penfold. [Auckland, N.Z. : Holloway Press, University of Auckland, 2000].

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections, University of Auckland Repository

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