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King Lear

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for years

When better than now to make a drama about 'the division of the kingdom'? Shakespeare's great tragedy headed by Ian McDiarmid as Lear and Bill Paterson as Gloucester. Show more

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