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William Shakespeare, King Lear

Release details

TitleKing Lear
Artist(s):William Shakespeare
Category:BBC - Other BBC (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - Other BBC Cassettes.)
Label and catalogue number:Picture of images/labels/BBC.jpg labelBBC - ZCWSS 2
Format:Tape Cassettes
Country:UK UK flag
Released:1984
Genre:Dramas - Period View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Period.
Run-off codes:KL1 / KL2 / ISBN 0 283 99077 5
Item deleted?Yes
Distributed / printed byPicture of images/labels/BBC.jpg labelBBC
Page views:482 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 10439, rank in cassettes is 668.
My rating:*****
Guest rating:*****

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DetailValue
Cover conditionVery Good Plus
Record conditionNear mint
BBC records label codeN/A
Number have1
What type of seller was usedNot recorded
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Tracks

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Side & track noTrack and ArtistLength
A1Act I [William Shakespeare]
B1Act II Scene 1 [William Shakespeare]
B2Act III - Scene 4 [William Shakespeare]
C1Act III - Scene 4 [William Shakespeare]
C2Act IV - Scene 6 [William Shakespeare]
D1Act Iv - Scene 6 to end of play [William Shakespeare]
Total length of media 0:00.

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Front cover
Front cover of ZCWSS 2
Back cover
Back cover of ZCWSS 2

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Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts


Starring


Alec Guiness - King Lear
Cyril Cusack - Earl of Gloucester
Ronald Pickup - The fool
Jill Bennett - Goneril
Eileen Atkins - Regan
Sarah Bedal - Cordelia
Norman Rodway- Edmund
Robert Powell - Edgar
Trevor Martin - Earl of Kent
Julian Curry - Duke of Albany
Donald Douglas - Duke of Cornwall
Andrew Sachs - Oswald
Michael Deacon - King of France
David Timson - Duke of Burgundy
Rolf Lefebvre - Doctor / Old man
Peter Williams - Gentleman
David Ericsson / Paul Gaymon / Peter Pacey / Stephen Thorne

Produced by


John Tydeman
 

Other versions

I have the title track on these releases:
[albums]REGL 351Sir John Gielgud in his greatest roles
[albums]CN 800 1World theatre 164 - King Lear (Sides 1 & 4 of 7)
[albums]CN 800 2World theatre 164 - King Lear (Sides 2 & 5 of 7)
[albums]CN 800 3World theatre 164 - King Lear (Sides 3 & 6 of 7)
[albums]CN 800 4World theatre 164 - King Lear (Side 7 of 7)

Further information

Occasionally the BBC released material which didn't follow the normal catalogue number sequences. The few of these which exist are normally one off's never to be repeated! The main exception is the FAME records found in the albums section.

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