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King Lear [videorecording] / by William Shakespeare ; directed by Michael Elliott ; [adapted by Laurence Olivier] ; produced by Fraser Peacock Associates on behalf of Granada Video.

Kultur, [1999?]

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear

Lear, King (Legendary character) -- Drama.

Inheritance and succession -- Drama.

Presents William Shakespeare's play about a foolish king who divides his realm between two ungrateful daughters.

1 videodisc (158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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 pat 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. The 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.

Originally produced in 1983 for television broadcast.

Special features include character descriptions, plot summary, scene-by-scene outline, biographies of William Shakespeare and Laurence Olivier, and filmography of Laurence Olivier.

Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Anna Calder-Marshall, Jeremy Kemp, Robert Lang, Robert Lindsay, Leo McKern, David Threlfall, Dorothy Tutin, John Hurt, Diana Rigg.

Elliott, Michael, 1931-

Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989.

Calder-Marshall, Anna.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear

Fraser Peacock Associates.

Granada Video (Firm)

Kultur International Films

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