Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Henry Cannot Marry Margaret
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale follows Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respected London physician whose experiments seek to separate the good and evil impulses within human nature. His transformation into the sinister Mr. Hyde gives the story its unsettling central conflict: a man trying to control a darker self that grows increasingly difficult to contain.
In this radio dramatization, the familiar Gothic story unfolds through spoken performance and sound, bringing Jekyll’s divided identity, the mystery surrounding Hyde, and the consequences of the experiment into focus. The title also identifies this recording with the episode “Henry Cannot Marry Margaret.”
The experience blends psychological suspense with Victorian horror. Its appeal lies in the contrast between Jekyll’s public respectability and Hyde’s menace, and in the mounting tension of a struggle that turns inward as well as outward.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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