King Lear
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Language
English
ISBN
9781417232871, 1417232870
UPC
741952675396

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Title from container.
General Note
"Omnibus, volume 3."
General Note
Special featurs: Backstage preview of Omnibus: King Lear (10/11/53); Dr. Frank Baxter on The Globe Theatre (11/29/53); Alistair Cooke: live remote from the Yale Shakespeare Festival, including scenes from "The merry wives of Windsor" (2/21/54); Walter Kerr on staging Shakespeare, including scenes from "Hamlet" (1/30/55). Booklet with contributions by Peter Brook and Orson Welles biographer Simon Callow.
Creation/Production Credits
Staged by Peter Brook ; music, Virgil Thomson.
Participants/Performers
Orson Welles, Natasha Parry, Arnold Moss, Bramwell Fletcher, Margaret Phillips, David J. Stewart, Alan Badel, Beatrice Straight.
Participants/Performers
Host, Alistair Cooke.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally broadcast live on CBS Oct. 11, 1953, on the television program Omnibus.
Description
King Lear of Britain has decided to divide his kingdom into three parts, and to hand over the responsibilities of ruling to his three daughters. The two oldest daughters, Goneril and Regan, flatter their father insincerely, and are rewarded. Cordelia, the youngest, sincerely loves her father, but she cannot match her sisters' skill at false adulation. The king takes away her portion of the kingdom, despite the pleadings of some of his most loyal nobles. It is not long before Goneril and Regan reveal their deep ingratitude, and soon the old king finds himself in a confusing and desperate position.
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DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Shakespeare, W., Brook, P., Rickey, F., McCullough, A., Welles, O., Parry, N., Moss, A., Fletcher, B., Phillips, M., Stewart, D. J., Badel, A., Straight, B., Cooke, A., & Thomson, V. King Lear .

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

William Shakespeare et al.. King Lear. .

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

William Shakespeare et al.. King Lear .

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Shakespeare, William, et al. King Lear

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