King Lear
- Synopsis
- A personal introduction to the play by Tony Church, who played the role of Lear for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1974-5.
- Series
- Prefaces to Shakespeare
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 19 Sep 1982 at 15:35 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
- Duration
- 25 mins
Credits
- Producer
- Alan Wilding; Gordon Hutchings
- Contributor
- Tony Church
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- King Lear
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- King Lear
- King Lear
Notes
- History
- The series of radio talks was given as curtain raiser to the transmission of the BBC Television Shakespeare plays.
- Textual information
- The edited transcripts of the radio talks on the individual plays are collected in Roger Sales’ Shakespeare in Perspective , Vols. 1 and 2 (London: Ariel Books/British Broadcasting Corporation), which were published in 1982 and 1985, respectively.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- 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
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "King Lear". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36676 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)