Full Length Play: King Lear - a podcast by BBC Radio 3

Lear is a very old king with a problem: three daughters and no sons.
In dividing the kingdom between his children, Lear's reasoning is admirable: he wants to hand over the kingdom to his daughters so that "future strife / May be prevented now." But in doing so he sets in train a chain of events that lead to madness, self-discovery and the disintegration of the kingdom.King Lear ..... Ian McDiarmid
Kent ..... Michael NardoneGoneril ..... Madeleine Worrall
Regan ..... Frances GreyCordelia ..... Joanna Vanderham
Gloucester ..... Bill PatersonEdgar ..... Finn den Hertog
Edmund ..... Paul HigginsThe Fool ..... Brian Vernel
Albany ..... Steven RobertsonCornwall ..... Steven Cree
Oswald ..... Owen WhitelawBurgundy/Doctor ..... Sean Murray
King of France ..... Simon HarrisonOld Man/Gentleman ..... Ewan Bailey

Music performed by Polly Phillips (bassoon) and Georgina McGrath (double bass)Music and Sound Design by Gary C Newman

Produced and directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.

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