Richard III

Synopsis

Complete performance by the Marlowe Dramatic Society with Patrick Wymark as Richard.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Year of release

1960

Availability

Sale

Credits

Director

George Rylands

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Thurston Dart

Cast

Beatrix Lehmann
Denis McCarthy
John Shrapnel
Margaretta Scott
Mary Morris
Patrick Garland
Patrick Wymark	Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard
Prunella Scales
Richard Wordsworth
William Squire

Additional Details

Theatre company

Marlowe Dramatic Society

Production type

Sound Recordings(Commercial)

Plays

Richard III

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Textual information

The recordings used Dover Wilson’s New Cambridge text.

Reviews

For an assessment of the sound recordings from Arkangel, the Marlowe Society (Rylands) and the Caedmon Shakespeare Recording Society (Sackler) see Lanier, Douglas ‘Shakespeare on the Record’ in Hodgdon, Barbara & Worthen, W.B. (eds) A Companion to Shakespeare in Performance (Malden: Blackwell, 2005), pp415-436

Production Company

Name

Argo

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Distributor

Name

c/o EMI Records Ltd

Phone

020 8561 8722

Address

1-3 Uxbridge Road
HAYES
Middx
UB4 0SY

Name

Retail outlets