According to many, these radio dramas from the early 50s are still regarded as among the best productions, with admirable performances from Gielgud and Richardson. Superb entertainment and fabulous value. 16 complete original episodes.
The digital download includes a composite booklet in PDF format.
Includes these four double-album sets (click below to see details):
Volume 1 HMD 26101
Volume 2 HMD 26102
Volume 3 HMD 26103
Volume 4 HMD 26104
Sir Laurence Olivier stars in four classic tales, first broadcast in the UK in 1952-3, and favorites with American radio listeners. HG Wells’ “The Country of the Blind” was first published in 1904 in the Strand magazine; Olivier plays the hapless and confused Nunez. “Bartleby” by Herman Melville first appeared in 1853; then we have two tales of the California gold rush written by Bret Harte in the 1860s, all brought to life in vintage 1950s style.
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Sir Ralph Richardson stars in five dramas adapted from American classic tales, first broadcast in the UK in 1952-3, and favorites with American radio listeners. Henry James’s “Four Meetings” was published in 1877 and his other two tales in 1888. “The Black Mate” is Conrad’s very first fictional work dating from 1886, while “The Tale” dates from 1917 and is Conrad’s only story of World War I.
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Sir Laurence Olivier stars in four classic Charles Dickens Tales, first broadcast in the UK in 1952-3, and favorites with American radio listeners. Vintage adaptations of action and characters from ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, ‘David Copperfield’ and ‘Pickwick Papers’ and everyone’s favourite, ‘A Christmas Carol’.
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Sir Laurence Olivier stars in five dramatic adaptations of classic tales from French authors, first broadcast in the UK in 1952-3, and favorites with American radio listeners. Dr. Knock also co-stars Robert Morley.
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Sir Laurence Olivier stars in four dramatic adaptations of classic tales from Russian authors, first broadcast in the UK in 1952-3, and favorites with American radio listeners. Co-starring Orson Welles, Michael Redgrave and Trevor Howard in an all-star cast.
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Sir Laurence Olivier stars with Robert Donat and Sir Alec Guinness in five dramatic adaptations of classic tales, first broadcast in the UK in 1952-3, and favorites with American radio listeners. Four stories from Robert Louis Stevenson and one from H. G. Wells, all written in the last part of the 19th cntury and full of dark mystery.
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Sir Ralph Richardson stars in four dramatic adaptations of classic British tales, first broadcast in the UK in 1952-3, and favorites with American radio listeners. Margaret Lockwood stars as Becky Sharp (adapted from ‘Vanity Fair’). The stories here date from 1759 right up to 1953 – in fact ‘Private Rooms’ had only just been premiered on stage when this version was recorded.
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Sir Laurence Olivier stars in four dramatic adaptations of classic tales, first broadcast in the UK in 1952-3, and favorites with American radio listeners. Gielgud takes the lead in Beerbohm’s black comedy “The Happy Hypocrite – A Fairy Tale for Tired Men” of 1897. Wilde’s works date from the 1887-1891, accompanied by the more recent Greene story from 1954.
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Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir John Mills star in four dramatic adaptations of classic tales, first broadcast in the UK in 1952-3, and favorites with American radio listeners. John Mills is joined by the then young George Cole in ‘The Kite’ while in ‘The Colonel’s Lady’, the title role is taken by Richardson’s real-life wife, Mariel Forbes.
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The best of Vintage radio drama – the complete set at special price and really inexpensive shipping of CDs. Digital downloads include the leaflet; currently there is a double discount on the CDs – fantastic value!!!!
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Here you have nine volumes each with 2 CDs and four or five complete and unedited vintage dramas adapted from famous novels and short stories from the last two hundred years and more.
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Starring Sir John Gielgud as Sherlock Holmes, Sir Ralph Richardson as Dr John Watson and an uncredited cast of top BBC actors.
Still regarded by many as the definitive Sherlock Holmes dramatisations, these 16 episodes dramatised by John Keir Cross from the original tales by Arthur Conan Doyle were first broadcast by the BBC in 1954 and in the United States by NBC the following year. Since then we have licensed them out for broadcast for the joy of new generations of fans. Previously available as one 8CD set through Hodder Headline, we are delighted to offer these new editions ourselves, in 2 CD sets containing four episodes each.