König Lear

Alternative title: König Lear: Trauerspiel in Fünf Aufzügen King Lear
Synopsis: Full-length radio version of King Lear directed by Wilhelm Semmelroth. With Fritz Kortner in the leading role, Klausjürgen Wussow as Edgar and Bernhard Minetti as Fool.
Series: Vertriebene Deutsch-Jüdische Schauspieler
Language: German (Standard)
Country: Germany
Medium: Audio; Radio
Year of release: 1999
Recording date: 25 Jun 1958
Transmission details: 11 Sep 1958 (Channel: WDR)
Duration: 160 mins

Notes: Commercially released on CD as part of the ‘Vertriebene deutsch-juedische Schauspieler’ (German actors in exile) series produced by Edition Mnemosyne in 1999.
An audio sample can be downloaded as mp3 file in the German audiobook information portal Hoergold.de: http://www.hoergold.de/ab_audio/1740_1.mp3 (accessed 18/4/2007).
Awards: German Record Critics’ Award for historical recordings in 2000
Textual information: Translation by Wolf Graf Baudissin.
Reviews: Source: Hörspiel-Archiv http://www.ard.de/radio/hoerspiel-lesung/hoerspielarchiv/ (accessed 1/7/2007).

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Fritz Kortner	Lear
Hilde Mikulicz	Cordelia
Claus Clausen	Earl of Gloucester
Bernhard Minetti	Fool
Klausjürgen Wussow	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Alf Marholm	Duke of Burgundy
Alwin Joachim Meyer	Servant of Cornwall
Curt Faber	Gentleman
Ferdinand Muth	Captain
Fritz Esch	Herald
Gerhard Becker
Guenther Riebold	Messenger
Harry Flatow	Curan
Harry Grüneke	Old Man
Heinz Drache	Edmund
Joana Maria Gorvin	Regan
Karl-Maria Schley	Duke of Cornwall
Kaspar Brüninghaus	Duke of Albany
Kurt Lieck	Doctor
Ludwig Cremer
Maria Becker	Goneril
Norbert Kappen	Gentleman
Otto Gries	King of France
Siegfried Wischenwski	Oswald
Walter Richter	Earl of Kent