Vivat Rex: Volume 2: Landmark drama from the BBC Radio Archive Audiobook (Free)

Richard Burton narrates the second volume of this popular dramatic chronicle of the English Crown, a treasure from the BBC radio archive posted on audio for the first time.

Vivat Rex is the landmark theatre series 1st broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. Over the course of 26 instalments, each one narrated by Richard Burton with a complete ensemble, the fortunes of the British Crown are implemented through 225 many years of British history, from Edward II’s accession in 1307 towards the birth of Elizabeth I.

Each drama is adapted by Martin Jenkins from the functions of Shakespeare, Marlowe and their Elizabethan contemporaries.This second volume features the final 13 instalments, you start with Martin Jarvis as Henry V and concluding using the birth of Elizabeth I. Vivat Rex includes a stirring musical score by Christopher Whelen.