King Lear On Boxing Day

King Lear on Boxing Day Tue 26th Dec 2006, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM On Boxing Day 1606, the entertainment offered to King James I and his guests at Whitehall Palace was a brand-new Play by William Shakespeare - King Lear.   Francine Stock and a studio full of guests, including actors Fiona Shaw and Oliver Ford Davis, scholars Jonathan Bate, Richard Dutton, Brett Dolman and Tiffany Stern, food historian Ivan Day and musicians Passamezzo, along with distinguished contributors from the BBC Archives, bring to life every aspect Of the opening night 400 years Producer Beaty Rubens

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.