Tragedy of King Lear, The

Synopsis: Radio version of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by John Richmond. With John Gielgud in the title role, Derek Godfrey as Edmund and Timothy Bateson as the Fool. The music by John Hotchkis is played by a section of the English Chamber Orchestra and conducted by the composer.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 29 Sep 1967 at 19:30 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)
Duration: 210 (incl. interval)

Notes: A BBC recording. The British Library holds an excerpt from this production (I iv) with a short introduction by Ralph Richardson.
History: Broadcast as part of the twenty-first birthday celebrations of the Third Programme (1946-1967). The production was broadcast with two musical intervals at 8.0-8.5 p.m. and at 9.30-9.45 p.m. approximately.
Reviews: Source: Radio Times, The Times

John Gielgud	Lear
Virginia McKenna	Cordelia
Derek Godfrey	Earl of Gloucester
Timothy Bateson	Fool
Philip Guard	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Alan Reid	Messenger
Alexander John	Knight
Anthony Viccars	Captain
Barbara Bolton	Regan
Barbara Jefford	Goneril
Christopher Bidmead	Herald
David Brierley	Servant
Duncan McIntyre	Doctor
Geoffrey Wincott	Servant
Geoffrey Wincott	Curan
Haydn Jones	Old Man
Howard Marion-Crawford	Earl of Kent
Humphrey Morton	Servant
John Bryning	Oswald
John Justin	King of France
Michael Goodliffe	Duke of Albany
Peter Ducrow	Gentleman
Roger Delgado	Duke of Cornwall
Rolf Lefebvre	Duke of Burgundy

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