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Paul Scofield: Radio and Spoken Word
1960s-1970s

Thanks to 'ignoto' for his assistance in compiling the spoken word materials

   

Item

(Click hyperlink for brief plot summary and Director/Cast Information)

Broadcaster and Broadcast Date
Availability/Other Information
     
ESSENTIAL DICKENS: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (CAEDMON RECORDS, 1960) Harper Collins, CD1135(1) (CD Reissue 1995) Available for purchase at the Harper Collins web site.

 
TWELFTH NIGHT (CAEDMON RECORDS, 1961) Audio recording (LP). Shakespeare Recording Society SRS-M 213

Library of Congress, LOC Control #r 61002402

Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.

HENRY IV. PART 1 (1961) Audio recording (LP). Marlowe Dramatic Society. Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites. Download available with subscription to emusic.com
http://test.bufvc.ac.uk/stable/shakespeare/index.php/title/AV37325
PAUL SCOFIELD READING THE POETRY OF DRYDEN (CAEDMON RECORDS, 1962) Audio recording (LP) TC1125  

Library of Congress,
LOC Control # r 66001709

Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.

HAMLET
(CAEDMON RECORDS, 1963)

Audio recording (LP) SRS-S-232 (4)

Library of Congress,
LOC Control # r 67000573

Reissued on CD by HarperCollins, order from www.bookdepository.co.uk

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (CAEDMON RECORDS, 1964) Audio recording (LP). Shakespeare Recording Society SRS 208

Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.

Rereleased by HarperCollins as 2 cds, HAR03

SAVROLA (1964)
BBC R4

British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/
Call number: P98R BD 1 1 & P98W BD 1 1

Broadcast information at:
http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/savrola.html


THE OTHER WORLD OF WINSTON CHURCHILL (1964) Audio recording (LP).
Mercury Records MG 21033
Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
KING LEAR (1964) live archival recording, Aldwych Theatre, London
2/12/1964
An extract from the production from Act IV vi `But who comes here...You get it by running' is available to listen to on site at the British Library Sound Archive. Source of information: British Universities' Film and Video Website http://bufvc.ac.uk/

HOMAGE TO SHAKESPEARE (1964) Audio Recording (LP). ARGO NF4 Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR (CAEDMON RECORDS, 1965) Audio recording (LP) SRS-M-233 (4)

Library of Congress,
LOC Control #r 67000562

Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.

THREE SISTERS (1965)

BBC Home Service, 24/5/1965

British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/

Call number: BBC HS 19650524; T9W-T10W

THE DIARY OF VASLAV NIJINSKY (1965)

BBC Home Service, 04/05/1965

British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/
Call number: T7R-T8R C1

THE FAMILY REUNION
(CAEDMON RECORDS, 1965)

Audio recording (LP) TRS-308-S (3) Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
HOMAGE TO T. S. ELIOT: AN EVENING OF MUSIC, DRAMA, AND VERSE (1965) Audio Recording, label unknown Physical Location Unknown. Information at:

http://broadwayworld.com
http://library.kent.ac.uk/library/special/html/specoll/eliot.htm
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=81338

MACBETH (1966) BBC 3rd Programme, 29/4/1966 Free download available at
http://www.playshakespeare.com/library/
doc_details/65-macbeth-bbc-version
Broadcast information at: http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/macbeth.html
(Accessed 1/26/09)
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL (CAEDMON RECORDS, 1968) Audio recording (LP)
TRS-330 (2)

Library of Congress,
LC Control # r 68003173

Copies occasionally turn up on EBay
and used LP sites.

PERICLES
(CAEDMON RECORDS, 1968
)

Audio recording (LP)
SRS 237
Library of Congress,
LC Control # r 68003575

INTERVIEW: HOTEL IN AMSTERDAM (1968)

BBC
9/7/1968

BBC Sound Archives Catalogue of Drama Recordings, Jan. 1970
LP37828 f02
MACBETH (1968) Audio Recording of Theatre Performance, 10/4/1968 British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/

Call number: T218B-T219B, NP1386B T1-3
A BOX AT THE CAEDMON THEATRE (CAEDMON RECORDS, 1969) Audio recording (LP) CXSI000/1-4

Private Collections

A review can be found at the Gramphone Magazine web site.

ONE WORD OF TRUTH/SOLZHENITSYN (1970) BBC R3; later released as a 55-minute audio cassette British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/

Call number: T501R
BBC Sound Archives Catalogue of Drama Recordings, Jan. 1970
T35217
THE ELIZABETHAN APPEAL (1971) Audio recording (LP) Argo ZPLI 1r4

Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
A review can be found at the Gramophone Website
http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/April%201971/104/833716

CAPTAIN OF KOPENICK (1971) Audio Recording of Theatre Performance, 7/7/1971 British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/
Call number: P849B-P850B, T516B T1-3
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI (1972) BBC R4, 15/05/1972 British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/

Call number: T488W,T489W
Rebroadcast of 1954 BBC Broadcast with Peggy Ashcroft
FACADE; AN ENTERTAINMENT (1972) Audio recording (LP)
Argo ZRG 649

Library of Congress,
LC Control #73761155

Copies occasionally turn up on EBay
and used LP sites.

OTHELLO (1972)

BBC R3, 12/11/1972

British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/

Find Format: P883W
BD-P887W BD

OLUWALE (1972)

BBC R3,
?/9/72

British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/

Call number: T540W
INTERVIEW WITH ALAN HARDOCK / MEET THE BRITISH (1972) ?/1972 The British Library
National Sound Archive
Find Format: #M1972R
SAVAGES (1973) Royal Court Theatre, London, 10/5/73 Archival Sound Recording. The British Library National Sound Archive
Find Format: P944R, NP2267R, T582R
DEATH IN VENICE (1973) BBC R3,
24/5/73
Physical Location Unknown. Listed in Garry O'Connor, p. 350
BBC Sound Archives Catalogue of Drama Recordings
, Jan. 1970
T35730-32
MAX ADRIAN: A MEMOIR (1973?) ? British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/
Call number:
P859R
OUTLOOK (1973) BBC
6/11/1973
BBC Sound Archives Catalogue of Drama Recordings, Jan. 1970
LP36163f02
TRIBUTE TO THE LADY (1974) Old Vic Theatre, London, 5/6/74 Archival Sound Recording. The British Library National Sound Archive
Find Format: T2811BW, T2812BW
KALEIDOSCOPE (1974) BBC
24/9/1974

BBC Sound Archives Index April 1984. LP38057b03

PRESENT LAUGHTER (1974) BBC R4, 23/12/1974

In private collections. Broadcast information at:
http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/present_laughter.html

British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/

FIND FORMAT: T908BW FIND FORMAT: NP2516BW

THE MAN ON THE HILL (1974) BBC R3
10/12/74

British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/
Call number: T899W

THE TEMPEST (1974) BBC R3,
24/3/1974

http://test.bufvc.ac.uk/stable/ shakespeare/ index.php/title/AV67283
(accessed 6 July, 2009)
Copies of this 2-CD set were available for purchase at the Open University web site,
but are currently out of stock.

BBC Sound Archive Index, April 1984: T38978

THE TEMPEST (1975) 1975 Leeds Playhouse
The British Library National Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/

Call number: T1011 1975
PRIVATE LIVES (1975)

BBC R4
20/12/75.
Released as an Audiobook. BBC Audio Collection, Noel Coward Double Bill: Private Lives & Hayfever

Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
Broadcast information at:
http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/private_lives.html
(Accessed 1/26/09)

THE WRECK OF THE DEUTSCHLAND (1975) BBC R3
?/11/1975
Physical Location Unknown. Listed in Garry O'Connor, p. 350
THE RESTLESS HEART (1975) BBC R4
?/11/1975
Physical Location Unknown. Listed in Garry O'Connor, p. 350
DEATH IN VENICE (1975) BBC R3
17-19/12/1975
British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/
Call number: T1072W&R
A COLLEGE IN PURER AIR (1976) BBC R3
2/1/1976
British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/

Find Format: T679R BD 1
A MAN FOR ALL THEATRES (1976) BBC R3
18/3/1976
The British Library National Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/
Call number: T3363W
JOB (1976) BBC R3
?/1/1976
http://cc.ysu.edu/~tacopela/MP3/Bible.html
Listed in Garry O'Connor, p.
350 
DIMETOS (1976) BBC R4
?/5/1976
Physical Location Unknown
Listed in Garry O'Connor, p.
350
A SONG OF SUMMER (1976) BBC Radio 3 22/11/1976

The British Library National Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/
Find Format: T1389W(CARD1) BD 1

http://www.richardjefferiessociety.co.uk/images/
Newsletter%20Autumn%202008.PDF

A PLACE OF MARTYRS: THE STORY OF ROBBEN ISLAND (1976) ?/11/1976 The British Library National Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/
Call number: T1520BW BD 1

Listed in Garry O'Connor, p. 351
RESTORER (1976) BBC Radio 3
2/12/1976
The British Library National Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/

Call number: 1CD0259289, T1397BW, NP2830BW
MOELWYN MERCHANT TALKS WITH HIS FRIENDS (1976?)

Audio Book on Tape, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/CBC Learning Systems, #1140-1145

http://www.worldcat.org/title/paul-scofield/oclc/489564698&referer=brief_results
VOLPONE (1977) National Theatre: Olivier Theater The British Library National Sound Archive
http://cadensa.bl.uk/

Call number: T1723W;T1724W;3005W
VOLPONE CAST ALBUM (1977) 45-rpm National Theatre NT/77/2
http://castalbumcollector.com/ recordings/14771
VIVAT REX/TENNIS BALLS (1977) BBC R4
1/5/1977
All 26-parts of the Vivat Rex series survive in the British Library's BBC Sound Archive, along with a reel (dated 24 NOV 1976) compiling extracts of music (by Christopher Whelan) and voices from the series.

British Universities Film and Video Council Web Site
Item # AV67960
VIVAT REX/HARFLEUR (1977)
BBC R4
8/5/1977
All 26-parts of the Vivat Rex series survive in the British Library's BBC Sound Archive, along with a reel (dated 24 NOV 1976) compiling extracts of music (by Christopher Whelan) and voices from the series.
British Universities Film and Video Council Web Site
Item # AV67960 http://test.bufvc.ac.uk/stable/shakespeare/index.php/title/AV67961
VIVAT REX/ST. CRISPIN'S DAY (1977) BBC R4
15/5/1977
All 26-parts of the Vivat Rex series survive in the British Library's BBC Sound Archive, along with a reel (dated 24 NOV 1976) compiling extracts of music (by Christopher Whelan) and voices from the series. http://test.bufvc.ac.uk/stable/shakespeare/index.php/title/AV67962
VIVAT REX/JOAN OF ARC (1977) BBC R4
22/5/1977
All 26-parts of the Vivat Rex series survive in the British Library's BBC Sound Archive, along with a reel (dated 24 NOV 1976) compiling extracts of music (by Christopher Whelan) and voices from the series.
British Universities Film and Video Council Web Site
Item # AV67960
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1978) 22/10/1978 The British Library National Sound Archive
http://cadensa.bl.uk/

Call number:29E BBCTRANSCRIPTIONSERVICE102278/85
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST (1979)

BBC R3
22/2/1979

In Private Collections
British Universities Film and Video Council Web Site
Item#
AV71567
BBC Sound Archive Index: T41028

VERGIL DYING (1979) BBC R3, 29/3/1979 The British Library National Sound Archive
http://cadensa.bl.uk/
Call number: T2144BW, NP3439BW
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1979) Audiobook, Listen For Pleasure #7054-7 (2 cassettes) Copies occasionally turn up on EBay
and used LP sites.
UNDER THE VOLCANO (1979) 12/03/1979 The British Library National Sound Archive
Call number: T2128BW http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/monday-play.html
http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/eric-ewens.html 
 
A VOICE FROM THE CHORUS (1979)

BBC R3
20/2/1979

The British Library National Sound Archive
Listed in Garry O'Connor, p. 351
MICROCOSM (1979) BBC
24.2.1979 & 25.3.79
In Private Collections
http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/jbm.html
THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT (1979) BBC R3
?/4/1979
Listed in Garry O'Connor, p. 351
THE LOCAL AUTHORITY (1979) BBC R4
?/6/1979
Listed in Garry O'Connor, p. 351
MAC AND MRS. FAUST (1979) BBC R3
?/7/1979
Listed in Garry O'Connor, p. 351