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File size:	44546 KB
Release date:	Apr 28, 2005

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The tragedy of King Lear receives an outstanding performance in an all-star cast led by Britain’s senior classical actor, Paul Scofield. He is joined by Alec McCowen as Gloucester, Ken Branagh as The Fool, Harriet Walter as Gonerill, Sara Kestelman as Regan and Emilia Fox as Cordelia.

This is the ninth recording of Shakespeare plays undertaken by Naxos AudioBooks in conjunction with Cambridge University Press, and is directed by John Tydeman.

It has been released to mark the 80th birthday of Paul Scofield in January 2002.

Music: Elizabethan songs and consort music, and specially written music by Nicholas Denney

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Reviews

The (London) Guardian...

"If you buy only one spoken-word recording this year, make it this. [Paul Scofield] is breathtakingly, stingingly brilliant. The range and control of that wonderful voice remain awesome, and like an organ virtuoso he switches registration seamlessly, from blazing diapason rage down to dulciana pathos, exploiting the studio's opportunities for intimacy never offered by the stage”

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OverDrive WMA Audiobook
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Transfer to device:	Permitted
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Peer-to-peer usage:	Not permitted

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