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King Lear (Television program : 1953)

King Lear / The TV-Radio Workshop of the Ford Foundation ; Peter Brook's production of [the play] by William Shakespeare ; producer, Fred Rickey ; staged by Peter Brook ; director, Andrew McCullough.

Port Washington, NY : Distributed by E1 Entertainment, [2010]

1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in. stamping

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

An abridged version of the play, this production condensed the play by eliminating the characters of Edgar and Edmund. 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.

The Archive of American Television presents

Archive of American Television presents.

Lear, King of England (Legendary character) -- Drama.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations.

Inheritance and succession -- Great Britain -- Drama.

Cordelia (Legendary character) -- Drama.

Goneril (Legendary character) -- Drama.

Regan (Legendary character) -- Drama.

Fathers and daughters -- Great Britain -- Drama.

Kings and rulers -- Drama.

Aging parents -- Great Britain -- Drama.

Britons -- Drama.

Drama.

Fiction television programs.

Rickey, Fred, television producer.

Brook, Peter, 1925-2022 stage director.

McCullough, Andrew, television director.

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, actor.

Parry, Natasha, actor.

Moss, Arnold, 1910-1989, actor.

Fletcher, Bramwell, actor.

Phillips, Margaret, 1923-1984, actor.

Stewart, David J., 1915-1966, actor.

Badel, Alan, actor.

Straight, Beatrice, actor.

Cooke, Alistair, 1908-2004, host.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989, composer (expression), conductor.

Television adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.

Ford Foundation. TV-Radio Workshop, production company.

Robert Saudek Associates, production company.

Archive of American Television, publisher.

E1 Entertainment (Firm), publisher.

At head of title on container: Archive of American Television presents

Orson Welles King Lear

End credits: Peter Brook's production of King Lear

Contained in (work): Omnibus (Television program : 1952-1961)

"The historic Omnibus production"--Disc label & container.

"Omnibus, volume 3."--End credits.

"Omnibus produced by Robert Saudek Associates"--Container.

Special features: 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.

Music composed and conducted by Virgil Thomson.

Host, Alistair Cooke.

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

Originally broadcast live on CBS Oct. 18, 1953, on the television program Omnibus.

DVD, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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