King Lear

Alternative title: BBC Radio Collection: William Shakespeare’s King Lear
Synopsis: Radio production of King Lear with Corin Redgrave as Lear. Introduced by Richard Eyre.
Series: Sunday Play
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio; Radio
Recording date: 24 Apr 2001
Transmission details: 16 Sep 2001 at 18:30 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration: 150 mins

Notes: Commercially released as part of the BBC Radio collection series in 2001, cassettes and CDs of the production that include an introduction by Richard Eyre and an essay by director Cherry Cookson are available for sale from the BBC Shop (www.bbcshop.com) or through retail outlets.
General: This production is the radio debut of Justine Waddell, who plays Cordelia. Recorded partly on location in the Chapel at Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London.
History: Broadcast as part of the BBC’s Shakespeare for the New Millennium season on Radio 3, in which the BBC mounted 17 new productions of Shakespeare in the space of four years. The emphasis of the productions is on a contemporary, innovative approach. The project was done in collaboration with BBC Worldwide, who were also responsible for the commercial release.

A repeat was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in the Drama on 3 slot on 16/9/2001 and, to mark the play’s 400th anniversary, on 7 January 2007, 18:50-21:30.
Documentation: Accompanying booklet includes scene-by scene synopsis, character analysis,brief biogrpahies of the leading actors and Shakespeare, and an essay from the producer on the interpretation of the play.

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Corin Redgrave	Lear
Justine Waddell	Cordelia
John Carlisle	Earl of Gloucester
Paul Copley	Fool
Robert Glenister	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Clive Francis	Duke of Cornwall
David Troughton	Earl of Kent
Gavin Muir	Old Man
Gavin Muir	Gentleman
Geraldine James	Goneril
John Rowe	Duke of Albany
Kika Markham	Regan
Sean Baker	King of France
Struan Rodger	Oswald
William Houston	Edmund

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