| Record Number |
571230 |
| ISBN |
9626342447 |
| Author |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
| Title |
King Lear [sound recording] / William Shakespeare. |
| Publisher/Date |
[Rehill, Surrey] : Naxos AudioBooks, p2002. |
| Pagination etc. |
3 sound discs (3 hr., 6 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (32 p.) |
| Series |
Classic literature with classical music. Classic drama |
| Contents note |
"This recording uses the text of King Lear established by Jay Halio for the New Cambridge Shakespeare edition of the play (ISBN 0521 33729 1) and also printed in the Cambridge Schools Shakespeare edition (ISBN 0521 46697 0), both published by Cambridge University Press"--Container. |
| Notes on the play and actor biographies (32 p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
| Creation Note |
Directed by John Tydeman ; produced by Nicolas Soames |
| Performer note |
Paul Scofield (King Lear), Alec McCowen (Earl of Gloucester), Kenneth Branagh (Fool), David Burke (Earl of Kent), Harriet Walter (Gonerill), Emilia Fox (Cordelia), Sara Kestelman (Regan), Richard McCabe (Edgar), Toby Stephens (Edmond), and full cast. |
| Event Note |
Recorded August 2001 at Motivation Sound Studios, London. |
| Summary Note |
Presents Shakespeare's tragedy of a foolish and self-indulgent king who learns, late in life and after terrible suffering, the value of self-knowledge. |
| Subject |
Lear, King (Legendary character) -- Drama |
| Fathers and daughters -- Drama |
| Added Author |
Branagh, Kenneth, 1960- |
| Scofield, Paul, 1922- |
| McCowen, Alec |
| Corporate Author |
Naxos AudioBooks, Ltd |
| Shelf Location |
CD 822.33 KING |
