The epic series concludes with Edmund confronting his challenger in a public fight to the death. Edgar survives to tell of his saga as “Poor Tom” and of his journey with his blinded father. News arrives of Goneril and Regan’s death as Edmund uses his last breaths to try to save Lear and Cordelia from the executions he ordered. But it’s too late. King Lear arrives with his dead daughter in his arms and mourns her inconsolably until his heart stops beating. Edgar is left to pick up the pieces of Lear’s broken kingdom as bulldozers roar and the neighborhood is razed to the ground.

The Play On Podcast series KING LEAR, was translated into modern English verse by MARCUS GARDLEY and directed by ERIC TING. 

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The Cast is as follows:
KEITH DAVID as King Lear
GINA DANIELS as Goneril
AMY KIM WASCHKE as Regan
FRANCESCA FERNANDEZ McKENZIE as Cordelia
CHRISTIANA CLARK as the Earl of Kent
ALDO BILLINGSLEA as The Fool
BERNARD WHITE as the Earl of Gloucester
TRAMELL TILLMAN as Edmund
DANIEL JOSE MOLINA as Edgar and the Duke of Burgundy
LANCE GARDNER as Oswald and The King of France
J.D. MOLLISON as the Duke of Albany and the Doctor
REX YOUNG as the Duke of Cornwall

Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA, and ADA KARAMANYAN
Voice and Text Coach: REBECCA CLARK CAREY
Episode scripts were adapted and produced by CATHERINE EATON
Original Music, Sound Design, and Sound Mix by LINDSAY JONES
Sound engineering by SADAHARU YAGI
Additional Engineering by DANIEL BEN-SHIMON
Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH
Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio
Line Producer: JORDAN MOORE
Managing Producer: ROBERT CAPPADONA
Senior Producer: MIRIAM LAUBE
Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND

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