Paradise Lost

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Book 1, lines 1-669


Book 1, lines 670-798

Read by Anthony Quayle


Book 1, lines 1-669

 

Book 1, lines 670-798

Read by Michael Redgrave & cast

 

Book 2 lines 1-628


Book 2, lines 629-1055

Narrator:
     Tony Church, T. A. Copeland
Satan: Michael Redgrave
Moloch: William Devlin
Belial: George Rylands
Mammon: Patrick Wymark
Beelzebub: Denis McCarthy
Death: Peter Orr
Sin: Sheila Burrell
Chaos: T. A. Copeland

 

Book 3 read by T. A. Copeland

Book 4

lines 1-588: Anthony Quayle
589-775: Narrator: T. A. Copeland
                Adam: Richard Johnson
                Eve: Prunella Scales
776-903: Anthony Quayle
903-916: T. A. Copeland
917-end: Anthony Quayle

 

Lines 598-604 as set by Charles Ives, sung by Marni Nixon

 
Book 5

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Book 7

Book 8

 

Book 9 read by Michael Redgrave and Cast

Narrator: Tony Church
Adam: Richard Johnson
Eve: Prunella Scales
Satan: Michael Redgrave

Lines 1-403

Lines 404-1189

 

Book 9 read by T. A. Copeland

Lines 1-403

Lines 404-1189

 

Book 11

Book 12