Vivat Rex: Volume One (Dramatisation)
- Author William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson and Martin Jenkins
- Narrator Full Cast, Richard Burton
- Publisher BBC Audio
- Publish Date 19 February 2015
- Run Time 12 hours and 42 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Classic fiction, Historical fiction, Radio plays, scripts and performances.
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What to expect
Richard Burton narrates this famous dramatic chronicle of the English Crown, a treasure of the BBC radio archive published on CD for the very first time.
Vivat Rex is the landmark drama series first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. Over the course of 26 instalments, each one narrated by Richard Burton with a full cast, the fortunes of the English Crown are followed through 225 years of British history, from Edward II’s accession in 1307 to the birth of Elizabeth I. This first volume includes the first 13 instalments, beginning with John Hurt’s portrayal of Edward II.
The stellar cast includes John Hurt, Paul Eddington, Keith Michell, Derek Jacobi, Michael Redgrave, Maureen O’Brien, Patrick Troughton, Timothy West, Robert Hardy, Martin Jarvis, Anthony Quayle, Robert Harris, Robert Powell, June Whitfield, Roy Dotrice, Billie Whitelaw and Colin Baker. Each drama is adapted by Martin Jenkins from the works of Shakespeare, Marlowe and their Elizabethan contemporaries, and each includes a stirring musical score by Christopher Whelen. Also included in this collection are bonus interviews with Vivat Rex writer, producer and director, Martin Jenkins, studio manager Enyd Williams and actor Martin Jarvis, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
| Author | William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson and Martin Jenkins |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Full Cast, Richard Burton |
| Duration | 12 hours and 42 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781785290183 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | BBC Audio |
| Genre | Classic fiction, Historical fiction, Radio plays, scripts and performances |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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