Old Mr. Lear

Synopsis

Radio play by Dudley Evans broadcast in the ‘Saturday Matinee’ slot. The list of dramatis personae and title of this radio drama suggest that it is based on Shakespeare’s tragedy.

Series

Saturday Matinee

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

6 Oct 1950 at 16:00 (Channel: BBC Home Service)

Duration

50 mins

Availability

No archive copy found (2007)

Credits

Producer

Peter Watts

Writer

Dudley Evans

Cast

Anthony Jacobs	Nathaniel Lear
David Kossoff
Denise Bryer
Dorothy Smith
Ella Milne	Gertrude Dukes (nee Lear)
Elsa Palmer	Mrs. Crosby
Eric Anderson	Conrad Earle
Gabrielle Blunt
Gladys Spencer	Matilda, Gertrude’s maid
Joan Hart	Constance Lear, his daughter
Joan Matheson	Rosamund Earle, Nathaniel’s second daughter
John Turnbull	Silas Surridge
Margaret Vines
Marjorie Westbury
Peter Coke	Frank Kingsley
Richard Hurndall	Austin Dukes
Ronald Sidney
Stanley Groome
Susan Richards

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

King Lear

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)