King Lear Alec Guinness

SANWAL

(5 stars; 2 reviews)

World Drama: King Lear Sun 15th Dec 1974, 17:45 on BBC Radio 3 The music is composed by Christopher Whelen. 
Special effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Technical assistants: Jock Farrell………Mary Barrett……..Jane Brinsmead 
Producer John Tydeman
   Lear:……..Alec Guinness Gloucester:……..Cyril Cusack The Fool:…….Ronald Pickup Goneril:…….Jill Bennett Regan:……..Eileen Atkins Cordelia:……..Sarah Badel Edmund:…….Norman Rodway Edgar:……..Robert Powell Kent:………Trevor Martin Albany:……..Julian Curry Cornwall:……..Donald Douglas Oswald:…….Andrew Sachs King of France:……..Michael Deacon Duke of Burgundy:……..David Timson Doctor/Old man:………Rolf Lefebvre Gentleman:………Peter Williams According to Tydeman: Less than 30 lines of the play were cut in this production. Recording took about 8 days. Alec Guiness is a splendid Lear, expert in his transition from a demanding and majestic father/king to a solitary, lunatic soul on a stormy mountain. Sarah Badel's Cordelia is astute and reflective. The combination of talents makes this tragedy one of the most poignant in all of Shakespeare's works. R.A.P. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPT 97] Recording date 14 Oct 1974 Transmission details 15 Dec 1974 at 17:45 Channel: BBC Radio 3

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.