Free AudioBook: Hamlet Starring John Gielgud (1951)

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Hear a radio dra­ma star­ring John Giel­gud as Ham­let, Dorothy McGuire as Ophe­lia, and Pamela Brown as Queen. This episode of the radio anthol­o­gy series ‘The­atre Guild on the Air’ was broad­cast on 4 March 1951. Stream it below, or find it on Spo­ti­fy or in our col­lec­tion of Free Audio Books. Anoth­er ver­sion lives on Archive.org.

 

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