Learning on ScreenKing Trash
- Synopsis
- Radio play written and directed by Mike Hodges, this reworking of King Lear tells the uncompromising story of 80-year-old criminal despot KT (George Sewell) who owns a landfill site in outer London. Cherie Lunghi plays his maliciously scheming daughter Honey. Tessa Worsley plays the second sister while Debbie, the youngest, who does not have a part in the performance, is a nun in a convent. Sound design by Giovanni Sipiano.
- Series
- Friday Play, The
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Credits
- Director
- Michael Hodges
- Producer
- Roger Elsgood
- Writer
- Michael Hodges
- Contributor
- Giovanni Sipiano
- Cast
Bruce Byron Burn Gorman Cherie Lunghi Daisy Beaumont Darren Saul Dave Alexander Frank Dooley Boyle Geoff Bell George Sewell Jessica Treen John Surman Michael Culkin Paul Reynolds Tessa Worsley
Production Company
- Name
Art and Adventure
- Contact
- Roger Elsgood
- roger@artandadventure.org
- Web
- http://http://www.l-ocean.org/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0)20 8692 0145 tel & fax
- Address
- 5 Darling Road
London
SE4 1QY
United Kingdom - Notes
- New name of l’Ocean Ltd
Sponsor
- Name
BBC Radio 4
- Web
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 External site opens in new window
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
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