Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Doing Away with Hyde
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Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale follows Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respected London physician whose experiments reveal a darker side of his nature in the form of Mr. Edward Hyde. As Jekyll struggles to control the transformation, the story explores the divide between public respectability and private desire, and the danger of trying to separate the two.
In this radio dramatization, the familiar story is shaped through spoken performance and sound, bringing its Victorian setting and mounting unease to life. The episode title, “Doing Away with Hyde,” points toward the central conflict between Jekyll and the identity he has unleashed.
The result is a suspenseful Gothic drama, built around secrecy, moral tension, and the unsettling question of how well anyone can know the darker impulses within themselves.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.