King Lear

Synopsis: Radio version of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by Peter Watts with John Gielgud in the title role. Alan MacNaughtan narrates.
Series: World Theatre
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Recording date: 16 Sep 1951
Transmission details: 14 Nov 1951 at 19:45 (Channel: BBC Home Service)
Duration: 165 (incl. interval)

General: Rehearsals: 19/9/1951-16/9/1951
History: Broadcast in 2 parts with a 15-minute break for the news at 9pm.
Textual information: A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.

John Gielgud	Lear
Joan Hart	Cordelia
Ernest Thesiger	Earl of Gloucester
John Carol	Fool
Robert Harris	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Alan Judd	Duke of Burgundy
Alan MacNaughtan	Chronicler
Brewster Mason	Duke of Albany
Catherine Lacey	Goneril
Deryck Guyler	Earl of Kent
Frances Rowe	Regan
Godfrey Kenton	King of France
John Moffatt	Oswald
Patrick Troughton	Edmund
Paul Hardwick	Duke of Cornwall
Stanley van Beers	Knight