Treasure Island written by Orson Welles performed by Orson Welles and Radio Theatre Team on CD (Abridged)

This digitally remaster practicaly creaks with age rather like the Hispianola's timbers in a force 6 gale but it's still a cracking version of the tale. Let's face it Treasure Island the book became the temp plate for the pirate movie - shiver my timbers and pieces of eight. This is a cracking performance by Orson Welles...

Mercury theatre and all the actors are seasoned pros -including Orson Welles in the lead roles of Long John Silver with Jim as a boy and as Jim Hawkins as a man who relates the tale. The cast are magnificent and really convey the action well the pirates especially so.

At an hour it concentrates a whole long tale into a few minutes- not a minute is wasted and all the best bits are included along with the Black Spot.