Synopsis
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.
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.
The Sunday Play | King Lear
The first of four new productions as part of Radio 3's on-going Shakespeare series, introduced by Richard Eyre. This tragic story of the consequences of the vanity of old age is illustrated in two parallel family tales of treachery and betrayal. The drama unfolds as Lear banishes his favourite daughter, Cordelia, from court.