#41201: Othello Presented by The BBC
Produced by The Donmar Warehouse, London

A production from London's Donmar Warehouse, featuring an award-winning performance by Chiwetel Ejiofor in the title role as the jealous Moor Othello, alongside Ewan McGregor as the scheming Iago. [2007]

Roderigo ...... Edward Bennett
Iago ...... Ewan McGregor
Brabantio/Gratiano ...... James Laurenson
Othello ...... Chiwetel Ejiofor
Cassio ...... Tom Hiddleston
First Officer/Messenger/First Cyprus Gentlemen ...... Alastair Sims
First Senator/Second Cyprus Gentleman ...... David Mara
Duke of Venice/Lodovico ...... Michael Hadley
Desdemona ...... Kelly Reilly
Montano ...... Michael Jenn
Emilia ...... Michelle Fairley
Bianca ...... Martina Laird
Music: Adam Cork
Director: Michael Grandage
Duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes

#41203: King Lear
Presented by The BBC
Shakespeare's classic tale of treachery and betrayal illustrates the consequences of evil triumphing over truth and the vanity of old age. [2007]

King Lear ...... Corin Redgrave
Duke of Kent ...... David Troughton
Duke of Gloucester ...... John Carlisle
Goneril ...... Geraldine James
Regan ...... Kika Markham
Cordelia ...... Justine Waddell
Edmund ...... William Houston
Edgar ...... Robert Glenister
Duke of Albany ...... John Rowe
Duke of Cornwall ...... Clive Francis
Fool ...... Paul Copley
Oswald ...... Struan Rodger
King of France ...... Sean Baker
Old Man/Gentleman ...... Gavin Muir
Music specially composed by Elizabeth Parker.
Directed by Cherry Cookson.
Duration: 2 hours, 40 minutes

#41204: All's Well that Ends Well
Presented by The BBC
Shakespeare's play, which opens in France at the estate of the Countess of Rousillon, tells of the extraordinary lengths a young woman will go to to win the hand of the young man she loves. Helena, a waiting woman and ward of the Countess, has set her sights on Bertram, the Countess's son.

Helena ...... Emma Fielding
Countess ...... Sian Phillips
Widow ...... Miriam Margolyes
King ...... Richard Griffiths
Lafew ...... George Baker
Parolles ...... Simon Russell Beale
Duke ...... David Timson
Bertram ...... Carl Prekopp
Steward/2nd soldier ...... Ian Masters
Clown/Second Lord ...... Ewan Bailey
Diana ...... Helen Longworth
Mariana ...... Emma Field-Rayner
First Lord ...... Iwan Thomas
Gent ...... Gerard McDermott
1st Soldier/1st Gent ...... Ben Onwukwe
2nd Gent/4th Lord ...... Peter Darney
Music written and performed by Neil Brand.
Directed by Peter Kavanagh.
Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes

#41206: Henry VIII
Presented by The BBC

A rare chance to hear William Shakespeare and John Fletcher's history play depicting the life of Henry VIII. It tells the story of the king's struggle to have his marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled and the catastrophic fall of the all-powerful Cardinal Wolsey. A rare chance to hear William Shakespeare and John Fletcher's history play depicting the life of Henry VIII. It tells the story of the king's struggle to have his marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled and the catastrophic fall of the all-powerful Cardinal Wolsey. [2009]

Henry VIII ...... Matthew Marsh
Queen Katherine ...... Yolanda Vazquez
Cardinal Wolsey ...... Patrick Malahide
Duke of Norfolk ...... Joseph Mydell
Thomas Cranmer ...... Adam Godley
Duke of Suffolk ...... Stuart McQuarrie
Old Lady ...... Ann Beach
Anne Boleyn ...... Donnla Hughes
Buckingham/Cromwell ...... Paul Rider
Chamberlain, Capuchius ...... Chris Pavlo
Abergavenny, Surrey ...... Stephen Critchlow
Surveyor, Gardiner ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Sands, Campeius ...... Jonathan Tafler
Lovell, Griffith ...... Dan Starkey
Princess Elizabeth ...... Sonny Crowe
Other parts played by Jill Cardo, Robert Lonsdale, Manjeet Mann, Inam Mirza, Malcolm Tierney. Pipe and tabor played by Bill Tuck.
Adapted for radio and directed by Jeremy Mortimer.

#41206: Macbeth
Presented by The BBC
A classic 1966 production of The Scottish Play with Paul Scofield, Peggy Ashcroft, Alec McCowan and Timothy West.
Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes

#41207: Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's
Presented by The BBC
A rare chance to hear Shakespeare's play and Mendelssohn's complete incidental music for it in its intended context, specially recorded in the Tudor setting of the Middle Temple Hall in London.

Oberon/Theseus ...... Martin Turner
Titania/Hippolyta ...... Melanie Jessop
Lysander/Flute ...... Alex Hassell
Demetrius/Starveling ...... Daniel Rigby
Helena/Snug ...... Catherine Bailey
Puck/Snout ...... James Garnon
Bottom/Egeus ...... John Paul Connolly
Hermia/Quince/First Fairy ...... Elena Pavli
Ladies' Choir of the Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Charles Hazlewood (conductor)
Directed by Tim Carroll

#41208: Pericles Presented by The BBC
Shakespeare's romantic adventure full of tyrants, incest, murder, knights, teenagers, pirates, brothels, sublime poetry, young love, a great hero and the goddess Diana. A multicultural cast, world music and the poet Benjamin Zephaniah give this timeless tale a contemporary twist. [2008]

Pericles ...... Tom Mannion
Gower ...... Benjamin Zephaniah
Antiochus/Cerimon ...... Raad Rawi
Marina/Antiochus' daughter ...... Helen Longworth
Helicanus ...... Sean Scanlan
Master ...... Dermot Crowley
Fisherman ...... Paul Dinnen
Simonides ...... Lorcan Cranitch
Thaisa ...... Katherine Igoe
Dionyza ...... Adjoa Andoh
Cleon ...... Peter Gevisser
Diana ...... Sian Phillips
Bawd/Lychorida ...... Ayesha Antoine
Philemon/Bolt ...... Nick Sayce
Lysimachus ...... Ifan Meredith
Leonine ...... Delroy Brown
Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.

---

The podcasts featured were produced outside of The New Place. The BBC Shakespeare offerings are available for free at PlayShakespeare.com, but since access requires registration, an account is made available here in the interests of increased convenience. With regard to CBS Radio Mystery Theater, we've been informed that Himen Brown's widow has given permission for the sharing of the programs, provided there is no fee attached. No infringement of rights is meant or implied. This site is run non-profit, for private purposes only.