Learning on ScreenScenes from King Lear
- Alternative title
- King Lear
- Synopsis
- Radio broadcast of King Lear adapted and directed by Orson Welles. The announcer is John Brown. Welles is in every scene and includes all Lears’s big speeches, some of which are incorporated into one long speech from several scenes.
- Series
- Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 13 Aug 1946 (Channel: CBS)
- Duration
- 30 mins
Credits
- Director
- Orson Welles
- Contributor
- John Brown
- Adaptor for Radio
- Orson Welles
- Cast
Orson Welles Lear Agnes Moorehead Edgar Barrier Eliot Reid Lurene Tuttle
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- King Lear
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The programme may be downloaded from www.wellesnet.com (accessed 4/2008).
- History
- Episode 15 and the last in the series.
Production Company
- Name
CBS Radio
Sponsor
Online Retailer
- Name
otr.com
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- Web
- http://www.otrcat.com External site opens in new window
- Address
- OTR Cat
PO Box 19234
Lenexa
KS 66285
USA
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