Synopsis
Shakespeare's great tragedy headed by Ian McDiarmid as Lear and Bill Paterson as Gloucester. When better than now to make a drama about 'the division of the kingdom'?
Further Information
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Featuring William Shakespeare - King Lear and Hamlet.
World Drama | King Lear - Part 2
The second part of a radio adaptation of the play King Lear, produced by John Tydeman. The special effects were performed by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Alec Guinness plays Lear for the first time.