SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio adaptation of the play produced by Howard Rose. Edmund Willard plays Lear and Lilian Harrison is Cordelia. Owen Cassidy narrates. With music composed by Norman O’Neill. The Wireless Orchestra is conducted by John Ansell.

Series

Twelve Great Plays

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

11 Sep 1928 at 20:00 (Channel: BBC)

Duration

120 mins

Availability

No copy extant

Credits

Producer

Howard Rose

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Norman O’Neill

Cast

Edmund Willard	Lear
Lilian Harrison	Cordelia
G. B. Clarence	Earl of Gloucester
John Reeve	Fool
Bruce Belfrage	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Alexander Sarner	Oswald
Arthur Ewart	Duke of Burgundy
Arthur Ewart	Duke of Albany
Arthur Goullet
Barbara Couper	Regan
Colin Keith-Johnston	Earl of Kent
Derek Williams
Dorothy Dayus	Goneril
Edward Chapman
Ernest Haines	Curan
Frank Denton
Frank Macrea
Frank Snell
Frederick Tomlin	King of France
Leslie Perrins	Edmund
Owen Cassidy	Narrator
Reginald Tate
Robert Speaight	Duke of Cornwall

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

King Lear

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Transmitted from Daventry 5GB station. The broadcast was repeated the next day from all other stations.

History

First production broadcast in the BBC’s ‘Great Plays’ series in which twelve world drama classics were produced for radio between 1928-1929.

Textual information

The BBC published pamphlets of individual plays and a booklet of the entire series to accompany the production.

Reviews

Source: BBC Programme Records, The Times.
Derek Williams, Frank Snell and Arthur Goullet are credited in The BBC Programme Records listing only.
The Radio Times also credits John Reeve, Bruce Belfrage, Leslie Perrins, G. B. Clarence and their respective roles.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)