King Lear

Folger bibliographic ID: 264176
Folger call number: DVD 225
Folger holdings ID: 349793

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

General notes

DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Title from container Originally broadcast live on CBS Oct. 11, 1953, on the television program Omnibus "Omnibus, volume 3." 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

Cast

Orson Welles, Natasha Parry, Arnold Moss, Bramwell Fletcher, Margaret Phillips, David J. Stewart, Alan Badel, Beatrice Straight

Credits

Staged by Peter Brook ; music, Virgil Thomson

Item information about Folger DVD 225

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Extended title: King Lear Omnibus - Peter Brook's production [of the play] by William Shakespeare ; Omnibus produced by Robert Saudek Associates ; producer, Fred Rickey ; director, Andrew McCullough
Alternate titles: Archive of American Television presents

Lear, King of England (Legendary character) Inheritance and succession Fathers and daughters Kings and rulers Aging parents Britons

subject: Lear, King of England (Legendary character)
associated with: Brook, Peter, 1925-
associated with: Rickey, Fred
associated with: McCullough, Andrew
associated with: Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
associated with: Parry, Natasha
associated with: Moss, Arnold, 1910-1989
associated with: Fletcher, Bramwell
associated with: Phillips, Margaret, 1923-1984
associated with: Stewart, David J., -1966
associated with: Badel, Alan
associated with: Straight, Beatrice
associated with: Cooke, Alistair, 1908-2004
associated with: Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989
associated with: Robert Saudek Associates
associated with: Archive of American Television
associated with: E1 Entertainment (Firm)