King Lear - Episode 7 - Ruined Masterpiece Of Nature
Regan tries to keep Oswald from Edmund in order to thwart Goneril; Edgar leads his father to what he thinks will be his death in order to give him renewed life; Lear spouts reason in madness, and Oswald succumbs to his own treacherous devices.
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Show Notes
Bathing seductively in her home, Regan uses all her powers of persuasion to delay Oswald’s delivery of a message from Goneril to Edmund (and to warn Goneril to back off of Edmund, whose heart she thinks she’s won), telling Oswald to kill Gloucester at once if he ever sees him. Meanwhile, Gloucester asks Poor Tom (Edgar) to lead him to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge, where he intends to jump to his death. Edgar tricks his father into thinking he’s at the railing of the bridge, and Gloucester, falling forward, faints on level ground. As his father wakes, Edgar takes on a new persona, convincing Gloucester that Poor Tom was a phantom and that Gloucester has miraculously survived his fall, giving him renewed faith and hope. They are interrupted by King Lear, who rides in on a rusted bicycle, railing in fits of madness and clarity at everything he encounters until he recognizes and soothes Gloucester, only to run away again when Cordelia’s soldiers spot him. Edgar leads his father from the bridge to a cable car, where Oswald, riding in the back of the cable car, sees them and tries to stab Gloucester to death. He is killed instead by Edgar, who discovers Goneril’s letter to Edmund in Oswald’s pocket. Father and son flee from the scene as the police approach.
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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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