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King Lear
by William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
King Lear is widely held as the greatest of Shakespeare’s tragedies; to some, it is the greatest play ever written. King Lear abdicates the British throne, to divide his kingdom among his three daughters in proportion to their professed love of him. His plan misfires when Cordelia, his youngest and favourite daughter, refuses to flatter her father; she is disinherited and banished.
This LibriVox recording marks the 400th anniversary of the first performance of the play, on December 26th 1606.
** LibriVox trivia….. This entire project was completed in just a week, from conception to delivery… A LibriVox record for a major dramatic work! **
(Summary by David Barnes)
Cast list
- King Lear – Andy Minter
- King of France – Ezwa
- Duke of Burgundy – Justin Barrett
- Duke of Cornwall – Cori Samuel
- Duke of Albany – Kristin LeMoine
- Earl of Kent – Denny Sayers
- Earl of Gloster – Julian Jamison
- Edgar, Son to Gloster – Simon Taylor
- Edmund, Bastard Son to Gloster – John Gonzalez
- Curan, a Courtier – Karen Savage
- Old Man, Tenant to Gloster – CarlManchester
- Physician – Scott Walter
- Fool – Sean McGaughey
- Oswald, steward to Goneril – Andrew Lebrun
- Messenger – Justin Barrett
- Captain – Justin Barrett
- An Officer employed by Edmund – Henry Frigon
- Gentleman, attendant on Cordelia – Kara Shallenberg
- A Herald – Gesine
- First Servant – Ophelia Darcy
- Second Servant – Esther
- Third Servant – Kirsten Ferreri
- Third Knight – Kirsten Ferreri
- Goneril, daughter to Lear – Rosalind Wills
- Regan, daughter to Lear – JemmaBlythe
- Cordelia, daughter to Lear – Kristin Hughes
- Stage directions – David Barnes
- Gutenberg e-text 1532
- Wikipedia – William Shakespeare
- Wikipedia – King Lear
- M4B of Various Shakespeare Plays
- LibriVox’s King Lear Internet Archive page
- Zip file of the entire book – 97.5MB
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Total running time: 3:23:02
mp3 and ogg files
- Act 1 – 00:53:42
[mp3@64kbps - 25.7MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 51.5MB]
[ogg vorbis - 28.3MB] - Act 2 – 00:38:56
[mp3@64kbps - 18.6MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 37.3MB]
[ogg vorbis - 20.7MB] - Act 3 – 00:38:38
[mp3@64kbps - 18.5MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 37.0MB]
[ogg vorbis - 20.2MB] - Act 4 – 00:42:54
[mp3@64kbps - 20.5MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 41.1MB]
[ogg vorbis - 22.5MB] - Act 5 – 00:28:52
[mp3@64kbps - 13.8MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 27.7MB]
[ogg vorbis - 15.3MB]Cataloged on December 27, 2006
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