King Lear

Synopsis: Full-length radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by John Richmond. With John Gielgud as Lear. The music is composed and conducted by John Hotchkis and performed by a section of the English Chamber Orchestra.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Recording date: 24 Aug 1967
Transmission details: 29 Sep 1967 at 19:30 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)
Duration: 210 (incl. interval)

History: There was a 5-minute interval at 20:00 and a 15-minute interval at 21:30.

John Gielgud	Lear
Virginia McKenna	Cordelia
Mark Dignam	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
Derek Godfrey	Edmund
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