The Shakespeare Sessions - A BBC Radio Drama Collection - William Shakespeare

Written by William Shakespeare
Read by David Tennant, David Warner, Ian McDiarmid, Kenneth Branagh, Alex Kingston, Full Cast
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Dramatization

Eighteen of Shakespeare’s plays staged for BBC Radio.

These productions are, in the main, different from the ones available from Audible and uploaded recently by kuprocrilu.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
Coriolanus
Henry IV, Part 1
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth (Neil Dudgeon)
Macbeth (David Tennant)
Measure for Measure
Othello
Richard II
Romeo and Juliet
The Merchant of Venice
The Tempest (David Warner)
The Tempest (Ian McDiarmid)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Two Noble Kinsmen
The Winter’s Tale
Twelfth Night

There are two versions of Macbeth & The Tempest.

I downloaded these from BBC Sounds and edited them without re-coding the audio, so they were captured losslessly.

I’m only going to list the cast for each as I think summaries of 400 year-old stories would be somewhat redundant.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM [1991]

Titania ….. Adjoa Ando
Oberon ….. Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Puck ….. Emma Fielding
Helena ….. Susannah Harker
Hermia ….. Julia Ford
Lysander ….. James Macpherson
Demetrius ….. Stephen Tompkinson
Bottom ….. Tony Armatrading
Quince ….. Jeff Rawle
Theseus ….. John Carlisle
Hippolyta ….. Katy Behean
Flute ….. Richard Pearce
Snout ….. John Hollis
Snug ….. Charles Millham
Starveling / Cobweb ….. Roger Griffiths
A Fairy / Mustardseed ….. Melanie Nicholson
Peaseblossom ….. Thelma Lawson

ROMEO AND JULIET [2012]

Romeo ….. Trystan Gravelle
Juliet ….. Vanessa Kirby
Nurse ….. Rosie Cavaliero
Friar Laurence ….. Ron Cook
Prince Escalus ….. David Tennant
Mercutio ….. Paul Ready
Benvolio ….. Adam James
Tybalt ….. Carl Prekopp
Paris ….. Johnny Flynn
Capulet ….. James Lailey
Lady Capulet ….. Naomi Frederick
Montague ….. Peter Hamilton Dyer
Balthasar ….. Don Gilet
Apothecary ….. Christine Absalom
Gregory ….. Harry Livingstone
Sampson ….. Joe Sims
Prologue ….. Tracy Wiles

THE TEMPEST [2012]

Prospero ….. David Warner
Miranda ….. Rose Leslie
Ariel ….. Carl Prekopp
Caliban ….. James Garnon
Ferdinand ….. Al Weaver
Alonso ….. Paul Moriarty
Antonio / Boatswain ….. James Lailey
Sebastian ….. Peter Hamilton Dyer
Gonzalo ….. Don Warrington
Trinculo ….. Don Gilet
Stephano ….. Gerard McDermott
Ceres ….. Deeivya Meir

TWELFTH NIGHT [2012]

Viola / Cesario ….. Naomi Frederick
Sebastian ….. Trystan Gravelle
Sea Captain ….. Gerard McDermott
Orsino ….. Paul Ready
Valentine ….. Harry Livingstone
Maria ….. Rosie Cavaliero
Sir Toby Belch ….. Ron Cook
Sir Andrew Aguecheek ….. Adam James
Olivia ….. Vanessa Kirby
Feste ….. James Lailey
Malvolio …. David Tennant
Fabian ….. Don Gilet
Antonio ….. Peter Hamilton Dyer

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA [2014]

Antony ….. Kenneth Branagh
Cleopatra ….. Alex Kingston
Octavius Caesar ….. Geoffrey Streatfield
Enobarbus ….. Robert Pugh
Lepidus ….. Nigel Anthony
Agrippa ….. Simon Armstrong
Dolabella ….. Matthew Gravelle
Proculeius ….. Alun Raglan
Octavia / Iras ….. Priyanga Burford
Philo ….. Richard Clifford
Pompey ….. Richard Harrington
Charmian ….. Janice Acquah
Alexas ….. Don Gilet
Mardian ….. Ewan Bailey
Eros / Messenger ….. Will Howard
Soothsayer / Snakeman ….. Peter Polycarpou

AS YOU LIKE IT [2015]

Rosalind ….. Pippa Nixon
Orlando ….. Luke Norris
Celia ….. Ellie Kendrick
Oliver ….. Patrick Baladi
Touchstone ….. Adrian Scarborough
Duke Ferdinand ….. Jonathan Coy
Duke Frederick ….. Sam Dale
Jaques ….. William Houston
Silvius ….. Paul Heath
Phoebe ….. Bettrys Jones
Adam ….. David Acton
Corin ….. Jude Akuwudike
Charles ….. Ian Conningham
Le Beau ….. Shaun Mason
Audrey ….. Jane Slavin
Jacques de Boys ….. Monty d’Inverno
Amiens ….. Johnny Flynn

MACBETH [2015]

Macbeth ….. Neil Dudgeon
Lady Macbeth ….. Emma Fielding
Banquo ….. Shaun Dooley
Macduff ….. Paul Hilton
Weird Sister ….. Jane Slavin
Weird Sister ….. Carl Prekopp
Weird Sister ….. Ayesha Antoine
Duncan ….. David Hounslow
Ross …. Ian Conningham
Malcolm ….. Alex Waldmann
The Porter ….. Carl Prekopp
Lady Macduff ….. Anastasia Hille
The Son ….. Kasper Hilton-Hille
Murderer ….. Stephen Critchlow
Murderer ….. Mark Edel-Hunt
Lennox ….. David Acton
Siward ….. Sam Dale
Donalbain ….. Sam Valentine
The Third Apparition ….. Rose Hilton-Hille

JULIUS CAESAR [2016]

Caesar ….. Tim Pigott-Smith
Brutus ….. Robert Glenister
Cassius ….. Sam Troughton
Mark Antony ….. Jamie Parker
Casca ….. Philip Fox
Portia ….. Fenella Woolgar
Octavius ….. Wilf Scolding
Calpurnia ….. Jessica Turner
Lucius ….. Adam Thomas Wright

KING LEAR [2016]

King Lear ….. Ian McDiarmid
Kent ….. Michael Nardone
Goneril ….. Madeleine Worrall
Regan ….. Frances Grey
Cordelia ….. Joanna Vanderham
Gloucester ….. Bill Paterson
Edgar ….. Finn den Hertog
Edmund ….. Paul Higgins
The Fool ….. Brian Vernel
Albany ….. Steven Robertson
Cornwall ….. Steven Cree
Oswald ….. Owen Whitelaw
Burgundy/Doctor ….. Sean Murray
King of France ….. Simon Harrison
Old Man/Gentleman ….. Ewan Bailey

THE WINTER’S TALE [2016]

Leontes ….. Danny Sapani
Hermione ….. Eve Best
Polixenes ….. Shaun Dooley
Camillo ….. Karl Johnson
Paulina ….. Susan Jameson
Shepherd ….. Paul Copley
Perdita ….. Faye Castelow
Autolycus ….. Tim Van Eyken
Florizel ….. Will Howard
Mamillius ….. Charlie Brand
Archidamus ….. Sean Baker
Antigonus ….. Brian Protheroe
Clown ….. Sam Rix
Emilia ….. Scarlett Brookes
Cleomenes ….. Richard Pepple
Dion ….. Nick Underwood
First Lady ….. Adie Allen
Mopsa ….. Nicola Ferguson
First Lord ….. James Lailey
Mariner ….. Sargon Yelda
Officer ….. Ewan Bailey

RICHARD II [2017] (BINAURAL SOUND)

Richard ….. Joel MacCormack
Bolingbroke ….. Geoffrey Streatfeild
John of Gaunt ….. John Rowe
Duke of York ….. Philip Jackson
Mowbray ….. Steffan Rhodri
Aumerle ….. Will Howard
Northumberland ….. Christian Rodska
Harry Percy ….. Edmund Wiseman
Queen Isabel ….. Jaimi Barbakoff
Bushy ….. Tom Forrister
Bagot ….. David Sturzaker
Greene ….. Simon Ludders
Salisbury ….. Joe Sims
Duchess of York ….. Georgie Glen
Bishop Carlisle ….. Keiron Self
Welsh Captain ….. Sion Pritchard
Lady ….. Alexandria Riley

MEASURE FOR MEASURE [2018]

The Duke ….. Paul Higgins
Isabella ….. Nicola Ferguson
Angelo ….. Robert Jack
Escalus ….. Maureen Beattie
Lucio and Froth ….. Finn den Hertog
The Provost ….. Michael Nardone
Mariana ….. Maggie Serivce
Claudio / Friar Peter ….. Owen Whitelaw
Pompey ….. Sandy Grierson
Mistress Overdone and Francisca ….. Georgie Glen
Juliet ….. Olivia Morgan
Elbow / Abhorson / Friar Thomas ….. Kevin Mains

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE [2018]

Antonio ….. Ray Fearon
Bassanio ….. Colin Morgan
Portia ….. Hayley Atwell
Shylock ….. Andrew Scott
Salarino ….. Ryan Whittle
Salanio ….. Neerja Naik
Gratiano ….. Ryan Early
Lorenzo ….. Chris Lew Kum Hoi
Jessica ….. Lauren Cornelius
Launcelot Gobbo ….. Luke Bailey
Nerissa ….. Kerry Gooderson
Morocco ….. Stefan Adegbola
Arragon ….. Javier Marzan
The Duke ….. Neil McCaul
Tubal ….. Clive Hayward
Balthasar ….. Rupert Holliday-Evans

CORIOLANUS [2019]

Coriolanus ….. Trystan Gravelle
Volumnia ….. Diana Rigg
Menenius ….. James Fleet
Cominius ….. Paul Hilton
Sicinius ….. Tony Turner
Brutus ….. Joel MacCormack
Lartius ….. David Hounslow
Aufidius ….. Ray Fearon
Virgilia ….. Clare Corbett
Valeria ….. Susan Jameson
Gentlewoman ….. Franchi Webb

THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA [2019]

Julia ….. Lyndsey Marshal
Silvia ….. Kate Phillips
Proteus ….. Blake Ritson
Valentine ….. Nikesh Patel
Speed ….. Ray Fearon
Lucetta ….. Emma Fielding
Duke ….. Hugh Ross
Panthino …..Daniel Ryan
Thurio ….. Oliver Chris
Host ….. Sara Markland
Launce ….. Sam Dale
Eglamour ….. Carl Prekopp
Antonio ….. Pip Donaghy

THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN [2019]

Jailer’s Daughter ….. Lyndsey Marshal
Emilia ….. Kate Phillips
Palamon ….. Blake Ritson
Arcite ….. Nikesh Patel
Theseus ….. Ray Fearon
Hippolyta ….. Emma Fielding
Jailer ….. Hugh Ross
Pirithious ….. Daniel Ryan
Wooer ….. Oliver Chris
Queen 1 ….. Susan Salmon
Queen 2 ….. Sara Markland
Queen 3 / Doctor ….. Jane Whittenshaw
Countryman 1 / Friend ….. Sam Dale
Artesius / Countryman 2 ….. Carl Prekopp
Countryman 3 / Brother ….. Pip Donaghy

HENRY IV, PART 1 [2020]

King Henry ….. Iain Glen
Falstaff ….. Toby Jones
Hal ….. Luke Thompson
Hotspur ….. Tom Glynn-Carney
Worcester …..Mark Bonnar
Lady Percy …..Natalie Simpson
Glendower ….. Steffan Rhodri
Lady Mortimer ….. Bettrys Jones
Westmoreland ….. Roger Ringrose
Northumberland/Douglas ….. John Dougall
Bardolph/ Sir Walter Blunt ….. John Lightbody
Peto/Sherriff/Vernon ….. Sargon Yelda
John/Mortimer ….. Chris Lew Kum Hoi
Poins/Messenger ….. Hasan Dixon
Mistress Quickly ….. Elizabeth Counsell

OTHELLO [2020]

Othello ….. Khalid Abdalla
Iago ….. Matthew Needham
Desdemona ….. Cassie Layton
Cassio ….. Max Bennett
Brabantio ….. Neil McCaul
Roderigo ….. Clive Hayward
Duke of Venice ….. Jessica Turner
Montano ….. Peter Polycarpou
Emilia ….. Bettrys Jones
Lodovico ….. Ian Conningham
Bianca ….. Heather Craney

THE TEMPEST [2021]

Prospero ….. Ian McDiarmid
Caliban ….. Joseph Arkley
Sebastian ….. Maggie Bain
Gonzalo ….. Maureen Beattie
Stefano ….. Sandy Grierson
Antonio/Boatswain ….. John MacKay
Alonso ….. Forbes Masson
Ferdinand ….. Noof Ousellam
Trinculo ….. Owen Whitelaw
Miranda ….. Helena Wilson
Ariel ….. Madeleine Worrall
Ceres ….. Julia Daramy-Williams

MACBETH [2022]

Macbeth ….. David Tennant
Lady Macbeth ….. Daniela Nardini
Banquo / Caithness ….. Stuart McQuarrie
Macduff ….. Alec Newman
Lady Macduff / 3rd Witch / Apparition ….. Naana Aggei Ampady
Malcolm / 3rd murderer ….. Owen Whitelaw
Ross ….. Stuart Bowman
Lennox ….. John Hollingworth
Duncan / Old Man / 2nd Murderer ….. Ron Donnachie
Porter / Angus ….. Forbes Masson
Captain / 1st Murderer / Siward ….. Fergal Mcelherron
Doctor ….. Richard Wilson
Menteith / Seyton / Donalbain ….. Jos Vantyler
Young Siward ….. Ty Tennant
1stWitch / Apparition / Gentlewoman ….. Genevieve Gaunt
2nd Witch / Apparition / Servant ….. Ayesha Antoine
Young Macduff ….. Alexander Ryan