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

Richard Burton narrates this famous dramatic chronicle of the British Crown, a treasure from the BBC radio archive published on Compact disc for the very first time.

Vivat Rex is the landmark drama series first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. During the period of 26 instalments, each one narrated by Richard Burton with a complete cast, the fortunes of the English Crown are implemented through 225 years of British history, from Edward II’s accession in 1307 towards the delivery of Elizabeth I. This initial volume includes about Vivat Rex: Volume One (Dramatisation): Landmark drama through the BBC Radio Archive the 1st 13 instalments, you start 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 theatre is modified 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 reward interviews with Vivat Rex article writer, producer and movie director, Martin Jenkins, studio room manager Enyd Williams and actor Martin Jarvis, initial broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.