King Lear
DVD - 1999
Produced by Granada Television in their Manchester studios for transmission by the then fledgling Channel Four, this video production of King Lear is the timeless tale of avarice and lust for power in which a foolish king descends into madness after he divides his vast kingdom between two of his three daughters based on their flattery of him, unleashing a conspiracy of greed and cruelty and bringing tragic consequences for all.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Television adaptations
- Published
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West Long Branch, NJ :
Kultur
[1999?]
- Edition
- Full screen
- Language
- English
- Item Description
- Special features include: Cast; character descriptions; plot summary; scene-by-scene outline; biographies of William Shakespeare and Laurence Olivier; filmography of Laurence Olivier.
Based on the play by William Shakespeare. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD; NTSC; 4:3 full screen; Dolby 2.0.
- Production Credits
- Videotape editors, D. L. Hayes, Ron Swain ; fight arranger, Bill Hobbs ; music composed and conducted by Gordon Crosse, played by members of the Halle Orchestra.
- ISBN
- 0769712231
9780769712239 - Other Authors
- Act 1: Beginning/King Lear's palace
- The Earl of Gloucester's castle
- The Duke of Albany's palace
- A hall in the same
- Court before the same
- Act 2: Gloucester's castle
- Before Gloucester's castle
- A wood
- Before Gloucester's castle
- Act 3: A heath (Deleted by director)
- Another part of the heath
- Gloucester's castle
- The heath before a hovel
- Gloucester's castle
- A chamber in a farmhouse adjoining the castle
- Gloucester's castle
- Act 4: A heath
- Before Albany's palace
- The French camp near Dover (Deleted by director)
- The same. A tent (Deleted by director)
- Gloucester's castle
- Fields near Dover
- A tent in the French camp
- Act 5: The British camp, near Dover
- A field between the two camps
- The British camp near Dover
- Credits.