num_pages: 3
description: Shakespeare's play about a foolish king who divides his realm between two ungrateful daughters.The Renaissance Theatre Company: Keith Michell (Kent), Gloucester (Richard Briers), Kenneth Branagh (Edmond), John Gielgud (Lear), Judi Dench (Goneril), Emma Thompson (Cordelia), Eileen Atkins (Regan), John Shrapnel (Albany), Robert Stephens (Cornwall), Denis Quilley (Burgundy), Derek Jacobi (France), Iain Glen (Edgar), Bob Hoskins.Incidental music by Patrick Doyle; music performed by Patrick Doyle and John Powell; co-produced by Kenneth Branagh and Glyn Dearman; directed by Glyn Dearman.Recorded at the BBC Maida Vale Studios between August 17th-24th, 1993. First broadcast was on BBC Radio 3.3 audiocassettes (205 min.) + 1 booklet (36 pages)
language: English
title: King Lear
titlecomplete: King Lear (BBC Radio Presents)
characters: Fool, Duke of Albany, Cordelia, Edgar, Regan, Duke of Cornwall, Leir of Britain, Goneril, Edmund, Earl of Kent, Earl of Gloucester
genres: Literature, Classics, School, Drama, Tragedy, Plays, Fiction, Poetry, Read For School, Theatre
ratings_count: 212585
publisher: Random House Audio