Classic Charles Dickens Dramas starring Laurence Olivier, Volume 1

Audiobook Category: Classics | Author: Charles Dickens,Theatre Royal

Classic Charles Dickens Dramas starring Laurence Olivier, Volume 1 – Audio Book Summary

Fully restored and remastered, Heritage Media presents the greatest of vintage artists in classic dramas based on the tales of Charles Dickens. Here is the legendary Laurence Olivier starring in ‘The Case of Bardell vs Pickwick’, adapted from Charles Dickens’ original ‘Pickwick Papers’ and Laurence Olivier starring in ‘Sydney Carton’ adapted from Charles Dickens’ Original ‘A Tale of Two Cities’.

Theatre Royal is a unique series of classic radio dramas produced in the 1950′s by the late Harry Alan Towers. Starring the leading theatre artists of the day it is the only series of radio dramas in which Laurence Olivier ever appeared. He was joined by Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Orson Welles, Robert Morley, John Mills, Michael Redgrave, Trevor Howard, Robert Donut, Alec Guinness and Margaret Lockwood.

Over the Years, Theatre Royal has received a glittering array of accolades, including: “vivid, tense, and compressed.”( Classic radio)

“Craft, like character, ages well.”(Daily Telegraph)

“Great fun to listen to and, as radio history, they are unsurpassed.” (Sunday Telegraph)

“Voices like these justify the Golden Days tag. We won’t hear their like again.” (Sunday Times)

“A must for archive fans. The excitement of vintage radio drama with strong storylines.” (Radio Times.)