King Lear’s Wife

Synopsis
One act verse play by Gordon Bottomley adapted for radio by Morna Scott Stoddart. Narrated by Lamont Tilden.
Series
Cbc Stage
Language
English
Country
Canada
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
18 Nov 1956 (Channel: Trans-Canada Network)
Duration
60 mins

Credits

Director
Esse W. Ljungh
Producer
Esse W. Ljungh
Writer
Gordon Bottomley
Music
Morris Surdin
Contributor
Lamont Tilden
Adaptor for Radio
Morna Scott Stoddart
Cast
Barry Morse 
Elizabeth Cole 
Jane Mallett 
Mary Savage 
Tommy Tweed 

Additional Details

Production type
Television and Radio Drama
Plays
King Lear
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
No consultation copy available (4/2007). The text of Bottomley’s play can be read at http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/gp2_1.html#lear (accessed 4/2007).
General
Bottomley’s verse drama was first published in 1915 in Georgian Poetry II.

Production Company

Name

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Archive

Name

Library and Archives Canada

Web
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Phone
(613) 996-5115
Fax
(613) 996-6274
Address
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa
ON K11 ON4
Canada

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "King Lear’s Wife". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68224 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)