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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? Starring Alexander Morton.

***** 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.

It tells of his experiments with a drug which turns him into a fiend by the name of Mr Hyde

Stars Alexander Morton and Tom Fleming.

Robert Forrest's dramatisation is set in 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 BBC Radio 4 in December 1993.

1 hour, 10 minutes

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