# King Lear Alec Guinness

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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

## Sets

- King Lear Alec Guinness (Radio Performances of Books): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/king-lear-alec-guinness

## Episodes, in broadcast order

1. [King Lear Alec Guinness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/king-lear-alec-guinness/21ae8bfffd05) (2 h 59 min): https://archive.org/download/king-lear-alec-guinness/King%20Lear%20Alec%20Guinness.mp3

From Radio Performances of Books at the Internet Archive.

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