Tragedy of King Lear, The

Synopsis: Full-length radio version of Shakespeare’s play directed and produced by Charles Lefeaux with Stephen Murray as Lear heading a cast of members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company. Music composed by Tristram Carry. Maurice Miles conducts.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Recording date: 29 May 1960
Transmission details: 22 Jun 1960 at 20:00 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)
Duration: 180 mins
Availability: Unknown

General: Rehearsals: 23/5/1960-29/5/1960
History: This was the only programme broadcast on the Third Programme that day.
Textual information: A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
Reviews: Source: The Times, Radio Times

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Stephen Murray	Lear
June Tobin	Cordelia
Brewster Mason	Earl of Gloucester
Alex McCouch	Fool
John Rye	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Clifford Evans	Earl of Kent
Clive Revill	Edmund
Gabriel Woolf	King of France
Hugh Manning	Duke of Burgundy
John Bennett	Duke of Cornwall
John Hollis	Oswald
Keith Williams	Old Man
Mary Morris	Goneril
Michael Turner	Duke of Albany
Rosalie Crutchley	Regan

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