Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

King Lear [videorecording] / by William Shakespeare ; a co-production of The Performance Company, Iambic Productions, Channel 4, Thirteen/WNET New York and NHK Japan ; produced by Richard Price and Chris Hunt ; produced for the RSC, Denis Wood ; directed by Trevor Nunn and Chris Hunt.

Publisher, Date:

[New York, NY] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2009]

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 173 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Proposing to divide his vast kingdom amongst his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cornelia, Lear devises a test for his offspring to convince him of their suitability and compassion for rule. Goneril and Regan's true colors emerge, they uncover a vast conspiracy of greed and cruelty within the once loyal dynasty.

Subjects:

Lear, King (Legendary character) -- Drama.

Kings and rulers -- Abdication.

Fathers and daughters -- Drama.

Conspiracy -- Drama.

Avarice -- Drama.

Television melodramas.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Hunt, Chris.

Wood, Denise.

Nunn, Trevor.

McKellen, Ian.

Dolan, Monica.

Garai, Romola, 1982-

Hinton, Peter.

Hyde, Jonathan, 1948-

Gaunt, William, 1900-1980.

McCoy, Sylvester, 1943-

Winchester, Philip, 1981-

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.

Royal Shakespeare Company.

Performance Company.

Iambic Productions.

Channel Four (Great Britain)

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai.

Other Title:

At head of title: Ian McKellen in the Royal Shakespeare Company's.

Notes:

Title from container.

Special features: Exclusive interview with Ian McKellen.

Director of photography, Paul Wheeler ; editor, David Blackmore, David Thrasher.

Ian McKellen, Frances Barber, Monica Dolan, Romola Garai, Peter Hinton, Jonathan Hyde, Seymour Matthews, William Gaunt, Sylvester McCoy, Philip Winchester.

Originally broadcast on television in 2008.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (enhanced); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, filmed in High Definition.

Closed-captioned.

ISBN:

0793670667

9780793670666

Publisher Number:

GPKL601

Other Number:

317413090

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

1

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

238959

# Local items in:

0

# System items in:

0

Call Number:

DVD TV King Lea

Medium:

[videorecording]