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Scenes from King Lear

Synopsis
Radio adaption of King Lear by Carl Ritchie of Robert Loper’s 1958 stage production for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Narrated by Loper with Richard Graham as Lear.
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
12 Aug 1955 (Channel: KMED)
Duration
24 mins
Availability
No archive copy found (2007).

Credits

Director
Andrew C. Love
Writer
William Shakespeare
Contributor
Robert Loper
Adaptor for Radio
Carl Ritchie
Cast
Richard GrahamLear
Rosalyn NewportCordelia
Jerry TurnerEarl of Gloucester
Robert TowersFool
Paul HarperEdgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Claude JenkinsDuke of Cornwall
Edgar ReynoldsDuke of Burgundy
Edward GroverEarl of Kent
Elizabeth HillerGoneril
Harold GouldEdmund
Rachel WellerRegan

Additional Details

Production type
Television and Radio Drama
Historical period
Medieval
Plays
King Lear
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Notes

General
The cast credits are those taken from the cast of the stage production as cast details for the radio production were not available. It has been assumed that the cast is the same but because the radio version is so much shorter some of the roles may have been cut.
History
Jensen op cit notes ‘the local NBC affiliate KMED in Medford aired the show five days before the network broadcast. KPFA in Berkeley, California, aired the program in January 1959, OSF’s experiment in syndication’.
Reviews
Jensen, Michael P. ‘Radio’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. [p. 535, entry 2314].

Production Company

Name

NBC

Name

Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Contact
Archivist
Email
archives@osfashland.org
Web
http://www.osfashland.org External site opens in new window
Phone
+ 541 482 2111
Address
15 S Pioneer Street
Ashland
Oregon 97520

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