King Lear

Synopsis
A complete performance with Paul Scofield as Lear.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Audio
Year of release
1965
Duration
186 mins
Availability
Sale

Credits

Director
Howard Sackler
Writer
William Shakespeare
Cast
Paul ScofieldLear
Ann BellCordelia
Cyril CusackEarl of Gloucester
Ronnie StevensFool
Andrew KeirEarl of Kent
John Rogers (3)Duke of Burgundy
John StrideEdmund
Michael AldridgeDuke of Albany
Pamela BrownGoneril
Rachel RobertsRegan
Trevor MartinDuke of Cornwall
Wallas Eaton 
Willoughby GoddardOswald

Additional Details

Theatre company
Shakespeare Recording Society
Production type
Sound Recordings(Commercial)
Plays
King Lear
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Textual information
Text edited by G.B. Harrison.
Documentation
Includes complete text.
Reviews
For an assessment of the sound recordings from Arkangel, the Marlowe Society (Rylands) and the Caedmon Shakespeare Recording Society (Sackler) see Lanier, Douglas ‘Shakespeare on the Record’ in Hodgdon, Barbara & Worthen, W.B. (eds) A Companion to Shakespeare in Performance (Malden: Blackwell, 2005), pp415-436.
The radio performance is analysed in detail in Dermott Rattigan’s production analysis of four King Lear broadcasts in Theatre of Sound: Radio and the Dramatic Imagination (Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2002), pp. 223 ff.

Production Company

Name

Collins-Caedmon Audio

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email
listening@bl.uk
Web
http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
Phone
020 7412 7676
Fax
020 7412 7441
Address
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Distributor

Name

Harper Collins

Email
education@harpercollins.co.uk.
Web
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Phone
0870 787 1612
Fax
020 8307 4440
Address
Collins Educational
Westerhill Road
77-85 Fulham Palace Road
Hammersmith
London
W6 8JB
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Shakespeare, "King Lear". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/11859 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)