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King Lear by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Other parts:
DAVID ERICSSON, PAUL GAYMON
PETER PACEY and STEPHEN THORNE Music composed and conducted by ChRISTOPHER WHELEN
Special effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Technical assistants
JOCK FARRELL, MARY BARRETT and JANE BRINSMEAD
Producer JOHN TYDEMAN
During the interval (7.15*-7.20*) Baruch Bulman Pavan , played by KONRAD RAGOSSNIG (lute) gramophone record

Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare
Unknown:
Paul Gaymon
Unknown:
Peter Pacey
Unknown:
Stephen Thorne
Unknown:
Christopher Whelen
Unknown:
Mary Barrett
Unknown:
Jane Brinsmead
Producer:
John Tydeman
Unknown:
Baruch Bulman Pavan
Played By:
Konrad Ragossnig
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
Source: Radio Times

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