Episodes
| Series | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| DO3 | 20070107 | King Lear Shakespeare's classic tale of treachery and betrayal illustrates the consequences of evil triumphing over truth and the vanity of old age. King Lear....Corin Redgrave Duke of Kent....David Troughton Duke of Gloucester....John Carlisle Goneril....Geraldine James Regan....Kika Markham Cordelia....Justine Waddell Edmund....William Houston Edgar....Robert Glenister Duke of Albany....John Rowe Duke of Cornwall....Clive Francis Fool....Paul Copley Oswald....Struan Rodger King of France....Sean Baker Old Man/Gentleman....Gavin Muir Music specially composed by Elizabeth Parker. Directed by Cherry Cookson. | |
| DO3 | 20160508 | 20180610 (R3) | When better than now to make a drama about 'the division of the kingdom'? When better than now to make a drama about 'the division of the kingdom'? A new production of Shakespeare's great tragedy with a Scottish cast headed by Ian McDiarmid as Lear and BILL PATERSON as Gloucester. Lear is a very old king with a dynastic 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 Nardone Goneril....Madeleine Worrall Regan....Frances Grey Cordelia....Joanna Vanderham Gloucester....BILL PATERSON Edgar....Finn den Hertog Edmund....Paul Higgins The Fool....Brian Vernel Albany....Steven Robertson Cornwall....Steven Cree Oswald....Owen Whitelaw Burgundy/Doctor....Sean Murray King of France....Simon Harrison Old 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. King Lear.... Ian McDiarmid Kent.... Michael Nardone Goneril.... Madeleine Worrall Regan.... Frances Grey Cordelia.... Joanna Vanderham Gloucester.... Bill Paterson Edgar.... Finn den Hertog Edmund.... Paul Higgins The Fool.... Brian Vernel Albany.... Steven Robertson Cornwall.... Steven Cree Oswald.... Owen Whitelaw Burgundy/Doctor.... Sean Murray King of France.... Simon Harrison Old Man/Gentleman.... Ewan Bailey King Lear - Ian McDiarmid Kent - Michael Nardone Goneril - Madeleine Worrall Regan - Frances Grey Cordelia - Joanna Vanderham Gloucester - Bill Paterson Edgar - Finn den Hertog Edmund - Paul Higgins The Fool - Brian Vernel Albany - Steven Robertson Cornwall - Steven Cree Oswald - Owen Whitelaw Burgundy/Doctor - Sean Murray King of France - Simon Harrison Old Man/Gentleman - Ewan Bailey Music and Sound Design by Gary C Newman. |