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
Similar plays, poems and sonnets
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.
World Drama | King Lear
The first 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.