WILDE, O.: Importance of Being Earnest (The) (1952) / GIELGUD, John: Selected Poetry Readings (Unabridged)

This is one of the great recordings of a great play. John Gielgud stars as Earnest and Edith Evans gives her indomitable performance as Lady Bracknell in this classic radio recording from 1951. Performance styles may have changed, but this is an unmatched production bearing all the hallmarks of outstanding audio drama featuring some of the finest actors of the twentieth century. Also included are two collections of poetry readings by John Gielgud and Edith Evans.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Wilde, Oscar - Author
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
1 Introduction 00:27
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
2 Act I: Algernon: Did you hear what I was playing, Lane? 01:49
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
3 Act I: Algernon: How are you, my dear Ernest? 08:29
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
4 Act I: Lady Bracknell: Good afternoon, dear Algernon 03:34
Evans, Edith (Reader)
5 Act I: Jack: Charming day it has been, Miss Fairfax 03:33
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
6 Act I: Lady Bracknell: Mr Worthing! 06:55
Evans, Edith (Reader)
7 Act I: Algernon: Didn't it go off all right, old boy? 02:14
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
8 Act I: Lane: Miss Fairfax 01:21
Turnbull, John (Reader)
9 Act I: Algernon: A glass of sherry, Lane 00:25
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
10 Act II: Miss Prism: Cecily, Cecily! 02:51
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
11 Act II: Chasuble: And how are we this morning? 01:22
Horne, David (Reader)
12 Act II: Cecily: What is it Merriman? 00:45
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
13 Act II: Cecily: He does! 03:56
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
14 Act II: Miss Prism: Mr. Worthing! And in black! 03:33
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
15 Act II: Cecily: Uncle Jack! I am pleased to see you back 00:50
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
16 Act II: Jack: Good heavens! Algy 01:31
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
17 Act II: Merriman: I have put Mr Worthing's things in the room next to yours, Sir 01:13
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
18 Act II: Algernon: I must see her before I go... 07:08
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
19 Act II: Cecily: Pray let me introduce myself to you 06:46
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
20 Act II: Gwendolen: Ernest! My own Ernest! 00:32
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
21 Act II: Cecily: Here is Ernest 06:18
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Disc 2
1 Act III: Gwendolen: The fact that they did not follow us at once... 00:34
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
2 Act III: Gwendolen: This dignified silence seems to produce an unpleasant effect 01:50
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
3 Act III: Merriman: Lady Bracknell 09:55
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
4 Act III: Chasuble: Everything is quite ready for the christenings 01:43
Horne, David (Reader)
5 Act III: Miss Prism: I was told you expected me in the vestry, dear Canon 02:22
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
6 Act III: Jack: Is this the hand-bag, Miss Prism? 05:02
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Waller, Edmund - Author
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
7 Go lovely Rose 00:59
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
8 Since First I Saw Your Face 01:00
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
Shakespeare, William - Author
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
9 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day 00:57
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
Jonson, Ben - Author
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
10 The Triumph 01:33
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
Shakespeare, William - Author
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
11 That time of year thou mayest in me behold 01:03
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
Shelley, Percy Bysshe - Author
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
12 Ode to the West Wind 04:36
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
13 Ozymandias 01:07
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
Donne, John - Author
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
14 Death Be Not Proud 01:00
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) - Author
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
15 We'll go no more a-roving 00:28
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
Kingsley, Charles - Author
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
16 Young and Old 00:44
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
Rossetti, Christina - Author
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
17 A Birthday 00:44
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
Morris, William - Author
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
18 Summer Dawn 00:57
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
Tennyson, Alfred - Author
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
19 Break, Break, Break 00:58
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
Bridges, Robert Seymour - Author
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
20 The Storm is Over 02:45
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
Shakespeare, William - Author
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
21 Richard II: This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle 03:13
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
Evans, Edith (Reader)
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
Gielgud, John (Reader)
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
Horne, David (Reader)
Turnbull, John (Reader)
Ward, Ronald (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 01:49:02