King Lear

Synopsis: Live audio recording of David Hare’s 1987 production of King Lear with Anthony Hopkins as Lear.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio
Recording date: 22 Jan 1987

History: Opening night 11 December 1986
Reviews: Wells, Stanley. Shakespeare Survey 41 (1989), pp. 159-81 (in review-article).

Anthony Hopkins	Lear
Miranda Foster	Cordelia
Michael Bryant	Earl of Gloucester
Roshan Seth	Fool
Bill Nighy	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Anna Massey	Goneril
Basil Henson	Oswald
Brian Spink	Knight
Daniel Thorndike	Old Man
Daniel Thorndike	Doctor
Desmond Adams	Gentleman
Douglas Hodge	Edmund
Fred Pearson	Duke of Cornwall
Glenn Williams	Bedlam Beggar
Guy Williams	Duke of Burgundy
Helen Fitzgerald	2nd Lady
Hus Levent	Messenger
Ian Bolt	French soldier
Janet Whiteside	3rd Lady
Judith Coke	1st Lady
Ken Drury	Duke of Albany
Martin Bax	Curan
Patrick Brennan	French soldier
Peter Attard	3rd Servant (Servant)
Peter Gordon (2)	1st Servant (Servant)
Philip Brook	King of France
Philip Locke	Earl of Kent
Simon Needs	2nd Servant (Servant)
Suzanne Bertish	Regan