King Lear: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the King Lear: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production audiobook runs 2.6 hours unabridged, narrated by David Troughton and Corin Redgrave and others (about 1.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 2.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 2.6 hours, it is shorter than 97% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Troughton
David Troughton narrates 37 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 322 hours in all.
About as long, on the Drama shelf
76 Drama audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
King Lear: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production is an audiobook by William Shakespeare: a 2.6-hour unabridged recording, read by David Troughton, Corin Redgrave and Robert Glenister and others, released December 1, 2004, on the Drama and Theatre & Radio shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Troughton, Corin Redgrave, Robert Glenister, Geraldine James
- Released
- December 1, 2004
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama, Theatre & Radio
- ISBN
- 9781405697767
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the King Lear: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production audiobook?
King Lear: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production runs 2.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.8 hours.
Is the King Lear: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates King Lear: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production?
King Lear: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production is narrated by David Troughton, Corin Redgrave, Robert Glenister and Geraldine James.