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)
1Introduction00:27
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
2Act I: Algernon: Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?01:49
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
3Act I: Algernon: How are you, my dear Ernest?08:29
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
4Act I: Lady Bracknell: Good afternoon, dear Algernon03:34
Evans, Edith (Reader)
5Act I: Jack: Charming day it has been, Miss Fairfax03:33
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
6Act I: Lady Bracknell: Mr Worthing!06:55
Evans, Edith (Reader)
7Act I: Algernon: Didn't it go off all right, old boy?02:14
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
8Act I: Lane: Miss Fairfax01:21
Turnbull, John (Reader)
9Act I: Algernon: A glass of sherry, Lane00:25
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
10Act II: Miss Prism: Cecily, Cecily!02:51
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
11Act II: Chasuble: And how are we this morning?01:22
Horne, David (Reader)
12Act II: Cecily: What is it Merriman?00:45
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
13Act II: Cecily: He does!03:56
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
14Act II: Miss Prism: Mr. Worthing! And in black!03:33
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
15Act II: Cecily: Uncle Jack! I am pleased to see you back00:50
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
16Act II: Jack: Good heavens! Algy01:31
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
17Act II: Merriman: I have put Mr Worthing's things in the room next to yours, Sir01:13
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
18Act II: Algernon: I must see her before I go...07:08
Ward, Ronald (Reader)
19Act II: Cecily: Pray let me introduce myself to you06:46
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
20Act II: Gwendolen: Ernest! My own Ernest!00:32
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
21Act II: Cecily: Here is Ernest06:18
Baddeley, Angela (Reader)
Disc 2
1Act III: Gwendolen: The fact that they did not follow us at once...00:34
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
2Act III: Gwendolen: This dignified silence seems to produce an unpleasant effect01:50
Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Reader)
3Act III: Merriman: Lady Bracknell09:55
Delgado, Roger (Reader)
4Act III: Chasuble: Everything is quite ready for the christenings01:43
Horne, David (Reader)
5Act III: Miss Prism: I was told you expected me in the vestry, dear Canon02:22
Hardy, Betty (Reader)
6Act 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)
7Go lovely Rose00:59
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)
8Since First I Saw Your Face01:00
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)
9Shall I compare thee to a summer's day00:57
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)
10The Triumph01:33
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)
11That time of year thou mayest in me behold01:03
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)
12Ode to the West Wind04:36
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)
13Ozymandias01:07
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)
14Death Be Not Proud01:00
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)
15We'll go no more a-roving00:28
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)
16Young and Old00:44
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)
17A Birthday00:44
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)
18Summer Dawn00:57
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)
19Break, Break, Break00:58
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)
20The Storm is Over02:45
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)
21Richard II: This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle03:13
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