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Paul Scofield: Radio and Spoken Word
1980s-1990s
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 And Other Information
     
OTHELLO (1980) National Theatre (Olivier)
6/5/1980
British Library National Sound Archive.
http://cadensa.bl.uk
Call # T3141WR BD 1
AMADEUS (1980)

National Theatre (Olivier)
4/8/1980

British Library National Sound Archive.
Call # T3039WR, M8399W C1

selections from the radio adaptation and videotape footage are available on www.youtube.com.
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI (1980)    
THAT MOST DESPICABLE RACE (Early 1980s--unable to find exact date)   British Library National Sound Archive.
http://cadensa.bl.uk

Call # T3363W C1 1
MOZART AND SALIERI (1980s?) BBC Fifteen Minute Theatre British Library National Sound Archive.
http://cadensa.bl.uk
Call #29E BBCTRANSCRIPTIONSERVICES153061-S;153062
THE STORY OF MY HEART (1981)

BBC R3, ?/06/1981

http://www.richardjefferiessociety.co.uk/
THE WRECK OF THE DEUTSCHLAND; KEATS ODES; RALPH RICHARDSON READS ANDREW MARVELL (1981) Jeffrey Norton Publishers: ECN138. One 57-minute mono cassette  
DON QUIXOTE (1982)

National Theatre
(Olivier)

20/12/1982

British Library National Sound Archive.
http://cadensa.bl.uk
Call # T5386WR
A CHANGEABLE REPORT (1982) BBC R3, ?/11/1982.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (1982)

BBC R4, ?/11/1982

Listed in Garry O'Connor, p. 351
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (1983) Archival recording. National Theatre (Great Britain): Cottesloe.
23/3/1983
British Library National Sound Archive
http://cadensa.bl.uk/
Call #T5762-5764BW C1
AMADEUS (1983)  BBC R3 British Library National Sound Archive
http://cadensa.bl.uk/

Call #B8871/2In

Selections from the radio adaptation and the National Theatre videotape
are available on www.youtube.com.
WORMS (1983)

BBC R3
?/4/1983

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

Call #NP7601BW BD 1

http://www.peterbarnes.com/barnesPeople.htm

THE NAPOLEON OF NOTTING HILL (1983)

Audio Book
Argo (Jan 1983)

2 audio cassettes

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Napoleon-Notting-Hill-G-Chesterton/dp/5557025340
SCENES FROM A VOYAGE TO THE INDIES (1984) BBC R4
16/04/84
British Library National Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/
Call # T6664-5BW
DRACULA (1984)

Argo / Radio 210
audio cassette

British Library National Sound Archive
Call #: 1CA0006420 T1-2 ARGO 1, 1CD0018241 D1-2 ARGO 1
Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
HEART OF DARKNESS (1984) Audiobook. London Records
2 cassettes audio (2 h 54 mn)
Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
MORE GRIMM'S FAIRYTALES (1985) Argo 4147154
2 audio cassettes
British Library National Sound Archive
Call #: 1CA0018092
KING PRIAM (1987)   In private collections.
THE MASTERWORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE (1987) Audiobook. Newman Books-On-Cassette Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
A QUIVER FULL OF ARROWS (1987) Audiobook. St Michael. 2 audio cassettes, 119 minutes Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (1987)

Ultimate Classics, audio cassette
1/10/1987

Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
HAMLET/THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN (1987) Audiobook. Part of an 8-cassette series, New York: Easton Press, 1987.  
DICKENS: NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (1988)   Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
OTHELLO (1988) BBC Audio Collection, 2 audio cassettes
12 Sep 1988
Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
OLIVER TWIST (1989) 2 audio cassettes
Ultimate Classics
, New Millennium Audio
Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1989) HarperCollins AudioBooks, HCA104 Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites
THE SEVENTH SECRET (1989)

HarperCollins Audio, 2 audio cassettes
17/7/1989,

Rereleased in digital format, 2 October 2009. Order at www.audible.com
PRIVATE LIVES/PRESENT LAUGHTER (1989)

BBC America Audiobooks, 1 Audio Cassette
1/4/1989,

Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used recording sites. Private Lives re-released in digital format, 24 February 2010. Order at www.audible.com
ARTHUR — THE KING (1990)

BBC R4,11/11-23/12/1990
Seven 45-minute episodes

 http://www.graemefife.com/work/radio#7
WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN (1991) BBC R3, 28/4/1991 http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/when_we_dead_awaken.html
Available as bonus radio play on the BBC Ibsen DVD collection.
THE COSMIC CLOCK (1991) BBC R3, 25/01/1991 http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/cosmic_clock__the.html
(accessed 1/26/09)
DON QUIXOTE (1991)

BBC R3, 2 Episodes 07/04/1991 & 25/12/1991

In Private Collections
http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/don_quixote.html
(Accessed 1/26/09)
KALEIDOSCOPE (1991?) BBC R4, date unknown British Library National Sound Archive
Call # B8107/01
THE HOLY THIEF (1992) HarperCollins AudioBooks, HCA153 Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
BLEAK HOUSE (1992) Ultimate Classics, 2 cassettes Re-released in digital format on 24 September 2009. Order at www.audible.com.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992) Dove Audio, 2 audio cassettes
15/11/1992
Re-released in digital format on 24 September 2009. Order at www.audible.com.
SOMETHING UNDERSTOOD (1993)

BBC R4
?/2/93

Listed in Garry O'Connor, p. 352
REDISCOVERING LEO (1993) BBC
15/07/1993
 
SENECA'S LETTERS (1993)

BBC R3
4-8/1/1993

 
THE SCIENCE FICTION OF EDGAR ALLAN POE (1993) Dove Audio, audiocassette #90470 (1 cassette) Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT (1994) HarperCollins AudioBooks,
HCA 218, 4 audio cassettes

British Library Sound Archive, 1CA0025334
Rereleased in digital format on 24 September 2009. Order at www.audible.com

DON QUIXOTE/ PURCELL (1995) Musica Oscura, 2 CD set,
25/10/1995

British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/
Call number: 1CD0099432,
H6176/1
http://castalbumcollector.com/recordings/15138
Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.


OLIVER TWIST (1995) HarperCollins Audio, 21/8/1995 Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites
DAVID COPPERFIELD (1995) HarperCollins Audio, 21/8/1995  Re-released in digital format, 18 October 2007
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND (1995) HarperCollins Audio, 21/8/1995  Rereleased in digital format on 24 September 2009. Order at www.audible.com
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE: SHAKESPEARE'S SPEECHES (1995) BBC Audio Books, 2 CDs  
SCENES FROM SHAKESPEARE (1996) HARPERCOLLINS AUDIO HCA 382 British Library Sound Archive,  
http://cadensa.bl.uk/
Call number: 1CA0027009& 2CA0004857
Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
HARD TIMES (1996) Dove Audio Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
Re-released in digital format on 11 August 2009. Order at www.audible.com.
FAME AND GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS (1997) 29/07/1997 British Library Sound Archive,
http://cadensa.bl.uk/
Call Number: H9073/6  http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/fame_and_gerard_manley_hopkins.html (Accessed 1/26/09)
FOUR QUARTETS (1997) BBC R3, 16/11/1997  
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP (1997) Ultimate Classics, New Millennium Audio Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used LP sites.
TROY (1998) BBC R3, 13/1/1998 BBC R7 Archive
http://www.suttonelms.org.uk
/arissik.html#Jones
http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/troy.html
POETRY PLEASE (1998) BBC R4 http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/poetry_please.html
(Accessed 26/1/2009)
SUMMER OF A DORMOUSE (1999) BBC R4, 12/06/1999 BBC R7 Archive
http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/
summer_of_a_dormouse__the__drama_.html (Accessed 26/1/09)
POSTSCRIPT: MONET IN GIVERNY (1999) 18/01/1999 http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/postscript.html (Accessed 26/1/09)
POSTSCRIPT: THOROUGHLY MODERN MONET (1999) 19/01/1999 http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/postscript.html (Accessed 26/1/09)
POSTSCRIPT: THE MONET MARKET (1999) 22/01/1999 http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/postscript.html (Accessed 26/1/09)
LAST DAYS OF MANKIND (1999) 06/12/1999 to 13/12/1999 (Series: 3 episodes) In private collections.
http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/last_days_of_mankind.html (Accessed 26/1/09)
THE BIBLE (1999) Hodder & Stoughton Audio Books. 10 audio cassettes Copies occasionally turn up on EBay and used recording sites.
BE THOU NOW PERSUADED (1999)