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This list was updated on 10th October 2008.

Stock noRecord codePrice in £ (GBP)Details
1950807   320 E 881/3 12.00 RACINE: Britannicus, L'Encyclopedie Sonore, Direction Georges Hacquard/ Collection "Vie du Theatre". With Maria Casares, Marie Versini, Jean Deschamps, Alain Libolt, Jean Topart, Pierre Vaneck. cond: E + couple of light nsms. Side 5 is V/E + mark ticks for about 1 min | B/3 |
1030807   33CX 1375 6.00 Dame Edith Evans, reading Shakespeare, Twenty Sonnets, and in scenes from As You Like It, with Michael Redgrave. r&i:56 | [M] | orig blue/gold label | cond: V/E + ticks in first track side 2 |
1040807   33CX 1384 10.00 Dame Edith Evans: Eighteenth Century Comedy Album, excerpts from Congreve: Way of the World, Farquhar: Beaux' Stratagem, Sheridan: The Rivals & School for Scandal. John Gielgud, Anthony Quayle, r&i:56 | [M] | orig blue/gold label | cond: E |
1210808   40 008 7.50 Maria Becker spricht, Lasker-Schuler, Rilke, Schiller, Goethe, von Kleist. [M] | DG, cond: E |
1220808   4075 6.00 The Quiet Hour: Patience Strong, reading a selection of her own verses, with Leslie Pearson, organ. [E] | Boulevard, cond: E + small nsm |
2850704   4FP 9011 4.00 Dylan Thomas Reading, Poems by De La Mare, W.H. Auden, Henry Reed, Edward Thomas, Thomas Hardy, and his own A Visit to America. [E] | Caedmon, cond: V/E + 1 cm mark gives soft ticks |
650809   4FP 9501 6.00 Edward Lear, presented by Charles Lewsen, recorded live in the National Portrait Gallery, in the People Past & Present series. r&i:69 | cond: V/E |
1960704   4FP 9503 8.00 Ellen Terry (1848-1928) , portrayed by Sybil Thorndike, recorded live at the National Portrait Gallery, London. r&i:69 | cond: E |
2860704   61656 7.50 "One Man in his Time". Sir John Gielgud reads Shakespeare, r:60 | i:75 | CBS, cond: V/E |
870809   ABL 3269 6.00 Sir John Gielgud: Shakespeare's "Ages of Man", Youth, Manhood, Old Age. [M] | cond: E |
110405   ABP 001 6.00 J.K Galbraith: The Anatomy of Tension in the Industrial Soceity, with additional booklet "What Happened to the Class Struggle?". r&i:70 | [M] | audiotext, gatefold sl | cond: V/E + soft ticks at time & 3 or 4 clicks | 2 LPs |
150808   AL 3448/9 15.00 Laurence Olivier's Production of Chekhov, Uncle Vanya, Chichester Festival Theatre, with Michael Redgrave, Sybil Thorndike, Joan Plowright, Max Adrian. r&i:62 | [M] | Philips, Ex-library, box a bit shabby | cond: E | B/2 | ##very rare |
410205   C 751 7.00 Julius Caesar, Dramatic highlights from the film starring Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Louis Calhern. [M] | M-G-M, cond: E + tiny non-sounding mark |
790803   CHC 28 6.00 Sir John Betjeman's Britain, with music by Jim Parker. i:77 | cond: V/E |
80205   CLP 1713 3.00 The Makers of History: Elizabeth the Great, with Mary Morris as Elizabeth I, narrator Michael Flanders. i:64 | [M] | cond: V/E |
590709   D159D 3 18.00 SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night, The Old Vic Company, featuring Eileen Atkins, Robert Eddison, Michael Dennison. r&i:79 | Argo, English pr | cond: E + light nsm | B/3 |
330607   DEOB 14AS 5.00 SHAKESPEARE: Romeo & Juliet, (condensed), with Dame Flora Robson, Virginia McKenna & Keith Michell. r&i:64 | Living Shakespeare, cond: E + small nsm |
510607   DEOB 16AS 6.00 SHAKESPEARE: All's Well that Ends Well, (condensed), with Dame Edith Evans & Vanessa Redgrave. r&i:64 | Living Shakespeare, cond: E |
520607   DEOB 17AS 5.00 SHAKESPEARE: King Richard III, (condensed), with Peter Finch & Fay Compton. i:64 | Living Shakespeare, cond: E |
340607   DEOB 18AS 4.00 SHAKESPEARE: Much Ado About Nothing, (condensed), with Pauline Jameson & Richard Johnson. r&i:64 | Living Shakespeare, cond: E |
420607   DEOB 26AS 5.00 SHAKESPEARE: Troilus & CressidA, (condensed), with Roger Livesey & Anna Massey. r&i:64 | Living Shakespeare, cond: E |
330808   DEOB 4AM 3.00 Shakespeare: King Lear, Donald Wolfit as Lear, with Rosalind Iden, Job Stewart. Directed by Donald Wolfit, with Musique Concrete composed by Desmond Leslie. Modern abridged version. [M] | Living Shakespeare, cond: V/E |
40808   DEOB 6AM 6.00 The Tempest, Abridged, With Sir Donald Wolfit, Mai Zetterling, Rosalind Iden, Denis Shaw. [M] | Living Shakespeare, with text of the acting version & complete play | cond: E |
550304   E-ST 640 4.50 Cromwell, Dramatic excerpts & music from the Original Soundtrack, with. Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin, r&i:70 | EMI, cond: E |
460712   GH 577 4.00 Golden Hour of Tony Hancock, The Wild Man of the Woods, A Sunday Afternoon at Home, The Sectret Life of Anthony Hancock. With Sidney James, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams. [M] | cond: V/E |
300608   JEP OC23 4.00 Antony Hopkins talking about Beethoven, Symphony no 3. [M] | Jupiter, 7" | cond: E |
130607   JUR 00A1 7.00 The Jupiter Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry, Edith Sitwell reading 3 of her own poems. Other readers include C.Day Lewis, Jill Balcon, Christopher Hassall. r&i:58 | [M] | bottom corner of sleeve clipped & taped | cond: E |
1230808   JUR 00B5 7.00 Junior Anthology of English Verse Part III, spoken & sung by Sybil Thorndike, Isla Cameron, Marius Goring. C.Day Lewis, Osian Ellis, Laurie Lee. [M] | Jupiter, 10" | cond: E | ##rare |
860705   LAT 8015 6.00 John Gielgud: Speeches from Shakespeare, Hamlet, Five Sonnets, Scenes from Romeo & Juliet with Pamela Brown & Philippa Gill. [M] | Brunswick, cond: V/E + a bit of noise at times which may improve with more cleaning |
2260802   LGU 128 5.00 Pardon My Blooper Vol 2, Radio & TVs most hilarious fluffs, from Britain & America. Collected by Kermit Schafer, narrated by Jack de Manio. [M] | London, cond: E |
720305   LK 4914 4.00 The Lion on the Path, and other African stories, told by Hugh Tracey. r&i:68 | [M] | cond: E |
1350603   LL 1447/9 25.00 Moliere: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, with music by Lully, played by Collegium Musicum de Paris, conducted by Roland Douatte. Blier, Perier, Amato, Funes, r&i:56 | [M] | silver/red label | in sleeves for UK issue, LXT 5211/3 | cond: E, + first LP is sealed so unplayed | 3 LPs | ##beautiful ornate sleeves |
1250808   LRL1 5037 7.00 Edith Evans - and friends, Shakespeare, Shaw, Fry, Betjeman, Lewis Carroll, etc, recorded live at The Richmond Theatre. i:73 | cond: E + light nsm |
890512   LSB 4104 3.50 Laurence Olivier: Scenes from Hamlet & Henry V, with music by William Walton. cond: V/E |
350602   M40 45041/4 008 20.00 Shot'ha Rust'haveli: The Man in the Panther's Skin, Georgian Epic Poem of the 12th or 13th Century. Read in Georgian by Guram Sagaradze, in Russian by Michael Ulyanov, in English by Jim Scrivener. With lavishly illustrated 36 page booklet including reproductions of 12th Century artworks. [M] | Melodiya, cond: E, like new. Pressing bubble at start of 2 sides | B/6 | ##***& M40 45059/62 002 & M40 45063/6 005*** |
290205   MFP 1150 2.50 Dame Edith Evans, reads from The Sonnets, + an extract from As You Like It. [M] | cond: E |
440712   MPF 4507 6.00 Peter Ustinov: The Grand Prix of Gibralter, "A Comedy Classic". Fantasy, cond: V/E |
50409   OU 21 5.00 Rhythms of Poetry, with 8 page insert of texts & notes. Readers & musicians incl Frances Horovitz, Patrick Garland, Alasdair Clayre, Emma Kirkby, Anthony Bailes. r&i:76 | Open University, gatefold sl | cond: E |
70409   OU 22 5.00 Thomas Hardy & Ezra Pound, Hardy read by Gary Watson, Pound read by Ezra Pound (1 track) Ian Richardson & Malcolm Hayes. i:75 | Open University, cond: E + small nsm |
530805   PLP 1010 4.00 Elizabethan Sonneteers and Spenser, read by Ian Holm, Richard Johnson, George Rylands, John Stride. [M] | cond: E + tiny scratch sounds on 5 revs |
1390804   PLP 1011 6.00 The English Poets: Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, read by Tony Church, William Squire, Gary Watson, Prunella Scales, Margaretta Scott. [M] | Argo, cond: V/E |
1400804   PLP 1017 4.00 The English Poets: John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, read by Tony Church, Michael Redgrave, Denis McCarthy. [M] | Argo, cond: V/E + soft ticks in part of first track |
1770804   PLP 1019 4.00 The English Poets: John Milton, Paradise Lost: Book 4, (abridged), read by Tony Church, Michael Redgrave, Richard Johnson, Prunella Scales. [M] | Argo, cond: V/E + 1 cm mark ticks, another mark gives ticks for less than half a minute |
1410804   PLP 1020 7.50 The English Poets: John Milton, Paradise Lost: Books 5 & 6, (abridged). Read by Tony Church, Michael Redgrave, Gary Watson etc. [M] | Argo, cond: E |
1420804   PLP 1022 4.00 The English Poets: John Milton, Paradise Lost: Books 9, 10 & 12, (abridged), read by Tony Church, Michael Redgrave, Micheal Hordern, Prunella Scales etc. [M] | cond: V/E + tiny mark ticks for less than one minute, another gives 12 ticks |
270805   PLP 1042 6.00 The English Poets: Percy Bysshe Shelley, read by Patrick Garland & Gary Watson. [M] | cond: E |
720807   PLP 1054 7.00 The English Poets: Thomas Hardy - record 2, read by Ian Holm, Barbara Jefford, David King, Richard Pasco. r&i:68 | [M] | Argo, English pr | cond: E |
490807   PLP 1122 5.00 Scenes from Shakespeare: The Comedies Vol 1, Merchant of Venice, Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, The Tempest. From the complete recordings by the Marlowe Dramatic Society, casts including Dorothy Tutin, Ian McKellen, Tony Church, Michael Hordern. [M] | Argo, oval logo label | cond: E + tiny mark gives 12 ticks |
710807   PLP 1123 7.00 Scenes from Shakespeare: The Histories vol 1, King John, Richard II, Henry IV parts 1 & 2, Henry V. From the complete recordings by the Marlowe Dramatic Society, casts including Michael Hordern, Gary Watson, Margaretta Scott, Donald Beves,. i:62 | [M] | Argo, oval logo label | cond: E |
210603   PLP 1187 7.00 C. Day Lewis, Poems read by the author. British Poets of out time series. i:73 | [M] | English pr | cond: V/E |
1290802   PMC 7037 3.00 Goon...but not forgotten, Six Charlies in Search of an Author, Insurance - the White Man's Burden. r:67 | [M] | cond: V |
260205   RB 16144 4.00 Olivier, in Scenes from Hamlet & Henry V, with music by William Walton. [M] | cond: E |
450712   REB 394 3.00 Hancock's Half Hour, Sid's Mystery Tours, The Poetry Society. With Sidney James, Fenella Fielding etc. First broadcast 1959. i:80 | cond: G/V/E: soft ticks sometimes |
40807   REB 485 5.00 Hancock's Half Hour, The Sleepless Night, Fred's Pie Stall. i:83 | [M] | cond: V/E |
1270804   RG 135/8 15.00 Shakespeare: Coriolanus, recorded by The Marlowe Dramatic Society & Professional Players, including Anthony White, John Arnott, Tony Church, Irene Worth. Directed by George Rylands. [M] | Argo, box is E- | cond: E | B/4 |
1260804   RG 139/41 14.00 Shakespeare: Richard II, recorded by The Marlowe Dramatic Society & Professional Players, including George Rylands, Tony Church, John Wilders, Anthoy Jacobs. Directed by George Rylands. [M] | Argo, box is V/E | cond: E + light nsm | B/3 |
1340710   RG 184 15.00 W.H. Auden, reads a selection of his poems. r&i:60 | [M] | Argo, cond: E | ##rare |
1330808   RG 192 7.50 Robert Donat reads Favourite Poetry at Home, Wordworth, Keats, Kipling, Bridges, Eliot, Owen, Whan Chei, Browning, Shakespeare. Poems at Christmas Time. i:59 | [M] | Argo, orig oval label | cond: E + small nsm |
620809   RG 21/2 15.00 Dylan THOMAS, Under Milk Wood, with Richard Burton & all Welsh cast in the orig BBC production. r&i:54 | [M] | very early pre-Decca pressing | very early sleeves | cond: V/E + not quite silent surface | 2 LPs |
2940704   RG 220 15.00 Krapps Last Tape, a play by Samuel Beckett, with Donal Davis. Directed by Alan Schneider. r&i:61 | [M] | Argo, oval logo label | groove pr | cond: E | ##very rare |
260606   RU 1 10.00 Readers Union's Miscellany of Spoken Verse, selected from Geoffrey Grigson's Anthology The Cherry Tree. Readers include C.Day Lewis, Michael Hordern, Marius Goring. [M] | Jupiter Recordings, 10" | cond: E | ##very rare |
270606   RU 2 10.00 Readers Union's Miscellany of Country Verse, readers include C Day Lewis, Laurie Lee, Christopher Hassall, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley. [M] | Jupiter Recordings, cond: E | ##very rare |
1180808   SA 723 6.00 Paul Rogers of the Old Vic Company, Scenes from Shakespeare. Spoken Arts, sleeve is V/E | cond: E + 2 light nsms |
4450402   SA 798 5.00 The Art of Ruth Draper vol II, A Church in Italy, An English House Party. [M] | Spoken Arts, cond: E |
1020708   SCXD 6715 7.00 Under Milk Wood, a star-studded cast inc Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Pryce, Geraint Evans, Sian Phillips, Mary Hopkin, Tom Jones, Harry Secombe, Aled Jones, Alan Bennett. With music by George Martin, Rod Edwards & Elton John. r&i:88 | 48 page bound-in booklet | gatefold sl | cond: V/E + few ticks on s.3 | 2 LPs |
570304   SFL 14105 4.00 Sinbad the Sailor, read by Anthony Quayle. r&i:68 | cond: E |
790305   SRS M 233 10.00 SHAKESPEARE: King Lear, Paul Scofield, Rachel Roberts, Pamela Brown, Cyril Cusack, Robert Stephens, John Stride. r&i:65 | [M] | Caedmon, with complete text | cond: E | B/4 |
1560404   SRS-M 204 8.00 SHAKESPEARE: Measure for Measure, with John Gielgud, Margaret Leighton, Ralph Richardson, dir: Peter Wood. r&i:61 | [M] | Caedmon, with text | cond: E | B/3 |
1540404   SRS-M 214 7.50 SHAKESPEARE: The Winter's Tale, with John Gielgud & Peggy Ashcroft. r&i:61 | [M] | Caedmon, with text | cond: E + side 1 is V/E, box is V/E | B/3 |
1520404   SRS-M 233 9.00 SHAKESPEARE: King Lear, with Paul Scofield, Rachel Roberts, Pamela Brown, Cyril Cusack, Robert Stephens, John Stride, dir: Howard Sackler. r&i:65 | [M] | Caedmon, cond: E, box is V/E | B/4 |
130806   SRS-M-225 15.00 SHAKESPEARE: Othello, with Frank Silvera, Cyril Cusack, Celia Johnson, Anna Massey. Directed by Howard Sackler. r&i:60 | [M] | Caedmon, with complete text | cond: E | B/3 |
1610404   SSB 111 4.00 MOLIERE: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, selections, with Henri Tisot, Genevieve Morel, Liliane Sorval. [M] | cond: E |
110103   T.D.C 100 5.00 TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, Hymn to the Universe, Vol 1, read by John Crane, with David Stone, violin. Music by Stephen Srawley. r&i:71 | [M] | cond: V/E |
1700806   TC 1049 8.00 Metaphysical and Love Lyrics of the Seventeenth Century, a reading by Sir Cedric Harwicke & Robert Newton. [M] | Caedmon, cond: V/E |
680305   TC 1276 6.00 John Updike, reads from Couples, & Pigeon Feathers. Caedmon, cond: E |
260807   TRS 330 20.00 T.S. ELIOT: Murder in the Cathedral, Paul Schofield as Thomas Becket, with Cyril Cusack, Harry Andrews, Alec McCowen, Patrick Magee, Cathleen Nesbitt, Glenda Jackson. Caedmon, cond: E | B/2 |
620606   TW 91096/7 20.00 Les J3: a comedy in 4 Acts by Roger-Ferdinand, recorded in the original French. in sealed inners, so unplayed | 2 LPs | NEW
650606   TW 91134 9.00 Souvenirs sur la Comedie Francaise, by Georges le Roy. Les Grands Comediens: De Feraudy, Georges Beer, Leloir, Le Bargy, Julia Bartet. [M] | cond: E + light nsm |
2790008   ZDSW 707/8 5.00 Roy Dotrice as Charles Dickens, based on the Public Readings: David Copperfield. r&i:78 | Argo, gatefold sl | cond: E | 2 LPs |
2800008   ZDSW 709/10 5.00 Roy Dotrice as Charles Dickens, based on the public readings: Bardell & Pickwick, Mr Bob Sawyer's Party, The Signalman. r&i:78 | Argo, gatefold sl | cond: E | 2 LPs |
2040210   ZPL 1165 4.00 Samuel Pepys, People Past & Present series. Devised by John Carroll, with Carleton Hobbs & Robert Spencer (baritone & theorbo). i:71 | Argo, cond: E |
200603   ZPL 1195 6.00 So Late into the Night, A study of Lord Byron through his Poetry & Prose. With Richard Johnson, Gary Watson, Prunella Scales, George Angeloglou. r&i:74 | English pr | cond: E |
2440805   ZPR 197/200 20.00 SHAKESPEARE: King Lear, The Marlowe Dramatic Society directed by Geroge Rylands, & Professional Players incl William Devlin, Ian Lang, Prunella Scales. r&i:61 | oval logo label | cond: E | B/4 |
1280804   ZPR 204/7 15.00 Shakespeare: Othello, recorded by The Marlowe Dramatic Society & Professional Players, including Tony Church, Gary Watson, Donald Beves, Wendy Gifford. Directed by George Rylands. i:71 | cond: E | B/4 |
380702   ZRG 2145/6 18.00 Alice in Wonderland, adapted & produced by Douglas Cleverdon. With Jane Asher as Alice, with Frank Duncan, Carleton Hobbs, Margaret Rawlings, Ian Wallace, etc etc. Story told by Margaretta Scott. r&i:58 | oval logo label | groove pr | sleeve is V/E | gatefold sl | cond: E | 2 LPs |
1620805   ZRG 5168/71 30.00 SHAKESPEARE: King John, recorded by The Marlowe Dramatic Society & Professional Players, including Michael Hordern, Anthony Jacobs, David Jones, Olive Gregg. Directed by George Rylands.. r&i:59 | orig oval label | groove pr | box is V/E | cond: E + light nsm | B/4 | orig label stereos in the Shakespeare series are very rare |
220807   ZRG 5253/5 30.00 SHAKESPEARE: Timon of Athens, recorded by The Marlowe Dramatic Society & Professional Players, including William Squire, Corin Redgrave, Derk Jacobi, Trevor Nunn. Directed by George Rylands.. i:61 | orig oval label | groove pr | cond: E | B/3 | orig label stereos in the Shakespeare series are very rare |
190603   ZSW 532 6.00 Sense and Nonsense, Peggy Ashcroft in a programme for young listeners, with music by Martin Best. i:76 | test pressing | cond: V/E |
180603   ZSW 559 5.00 Glenda Jackson reads from The Glenda Jackson Story Book, Goldilocks & the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White & the Seven Dwarves. r&i:76 | English pr | cond: E + 2 light nsms |
2350603   ZSW 559 4.00 Glenda Jackson reads from The Glenda Jackson Story Book, Goldilocks & the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White & the Seven Dwarves. r&i:76 | cond: V/E |
180708   ZSW 584/5 6.00 Roy Dotrice as Charles Dickens, based on the public readings: A Christmas Carol. r&i:77 | English pr | gatefold sl | cond: E | 2 LPs |
1400601   ZSW 596/8 12.00 "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott, scenes read by Glenda Jackson. r&i:78 | English pr | cond: E | B/3 |
80409   ZSW 608 6.00 Glenda Jackson reads Stevie Smith, r&i:78 | Argo, English pr | cond: E |
770806   ZTA 511/2 20.00 The Hollow Crown, The Fall & Foibles of the Kings & Queens of England. Presented by the Royal Shakepeare Company with Max Adrian, John Barton, Richard Johnson, Dorothy Tutin. r&i:62 | English pr | box is V/E | cond: E + couple of light nsms | B/2 | ##rare |

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