Publisher, Audio Partners (September 2005)

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Featured performers: Trevor Peacock, Clive Merrison, Anton Lesser, Penny Downie, Samantha Bond, Julia Ford, Gerard Murphy & David Tennant

In this tragic tale of vanity, lust, and betrayal is the story of a proud king whose monumental blindness to the realities of his world empower the very evil that destroys him in the end.

Cast Information:

King Lear - Trevor Peacock
Gloucester - Clive Merrison
Kent - Anton Lesser
Goneril - Penny Downie
Regan - Samantha Bond
Cordelia - Julia Ford
Edmund - Gerard Murphy
Edgar - David Tennant
Fool - John Rogan
Albany - David Horovitch
Cornwall - Rob Edwards
Oswald - Jonathan Tafler
Gentleman - Clifford Rose
France - John McAndrew
Burgundy - Christopher Gee
Old Man - David Shaw Parker
Knight - Alex Lowe

About the Creative Director Clive Brill graduated from Oxford University and then joined the BBC where he worked for 12 years as director, producer, and commissioning editor. In 1996, he left the BBC to develop and direct the Arkangel Shakespeare project. He directed all 38 plays, which star many of today's finest actors. He is a co-director of Pacificus Productions in London, which produces drama across all media.

The Arkangel Complete Shakespeare is one of the most ambitious undertakings in recent recording history. All thirty-eight of Shakespeare's plays, uncut, fully-dramatized and accompanied by original music, are brought to life by the voices of many of the most distinguished actors presently performing in British Film and Theatre.