Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Margaret's Father Says No

English · Gothic Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Dramatic Readings

Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a Gothic tale of a respected London doctor whose experiments expose a darker side of human nature. The story follows the unsettling connection between Dr. Henry Jekyll and the violent Mr. Hyde, as suspicion and fear gather around the people closest to them.

In this radio dramatization, the familiar tale is shaped for listening through dialogue, performance, and sound. Its atmosphere of secrecy and mounting unease suits the contrast between Jekyll's public standing and Hyde's disturbing presence.

The result is a tense, shadowed drama about identity, temptation, and the consequences of trying to divide the self. Stevenson's story remains compelling for its mystery as well as its chilling portrait of a respectable world threatened from within.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.