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The Bard
- The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, John Ratzenberger
- Length: 38 mins
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Experience one of television’s greatest science-fiction series, The Twilight Zone - fully dramatized for audio! Featuring a full cast, music and sound effects, and today’s biggest celebrities in modern radio dramatizations.
Jack Weston is an untalented would-be TV writer whose career takes off when the ghost of William Shakespeare writes his scripts for him.
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- Mike T.
- 01-10-17
Fun story. Somewhat flawed casting.
Story is lighthearted and fun. The mix of archaic and contemporary language is done well.
The casting of John Ratzenberger as the self absorbed hack TV writer is spot on. The casting of Keach as William Shakespeare - not so much. To have the host narrator do "The Bard" did not work out well. I just heard Stacy Keach. Not William Shakespeare.
The most fun? The "I concur" guy. Very small part, but very fun.
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