The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
4 Extra Debut. Terror in Edinburgh, when Dr Jekyll concocts a chemical potion - but who is urging him on? With Alexander Morton. From 1993.
4 Extra remembers Scottish actor Alexander Morton who died in April aged 81.
In 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson published his disturbing tale of a Dr Jekyll who experiments with a drug which turns him into a fiend by the name of Mr Hyde
This version by Robert Forrest, is set in the streets of Edinburgh and introduces another voice - Legion.
Dr Jekyll / Mr Hyde ... Alexander Morton
Legion ... Tom Fleming
Lanyon ... Michael Elder
Utterson ... Ralph Riach
Enfield ... Tom Smith
Mary ... Lisa Grindall
Poole ... John Shedden
Lizzie ... Louise Ironside
Policeman ... David Tennant
Music composed and played by David Dorward
Director: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 4 in December 1993.
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