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Podcast. Professor Christopher Pye discusses sovereignty in King Lear relating it to autonomy, the self, the state, and the world. Focusing on Cordelia’s ‘nothing’ and Edgar’s ‘I nothing am’, he...
Video recording of Eva Talska’s 1996 production of King Lear for the Husa na Provazku Theatre, Brno with Jiri Pecha as Lear.
Radio adaptation, heavily abridged by William Dawkins, of William Oyler’s 1951 production of King Lear for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. The performance was prefaced by Jennings Pierce of KMED radio...
Radio broadcast. Led by Aylmer Buesst, the BBC Orchestra plays Haydn’s composition which was originally composed to accompany a performance of King Lear in Esterhaz castle. It is comprised of an overture,...
The film was screened at the Pavilion Theatre, London and shown at New King’s Hall - no other information known (4/2008).
Celia Imrie, Kenneth Cranham and Fiona Shaw consider and discuss the themes of discord and misunderstanding in family life found in King Lear, and the reasons which may account for the continued popularity...
Documentary. Did Shakespeare create King Lear for the purpose of educating his audience on the issues of ageing, retirement, and ultimately death? A retired English professor and a group of his friends...
Radio broadcast. Aulis Sallinen’s three-act opera King Lear (Op. 76) with Matti Salminen in the title role. The Finnish National Opera and Chorus is conducted by Okko Kamu.
Video recording of the National Theatre, Prague’s production of King Lear directed by Jan Nebesky with David Pracha in the title role. The parts of Cordelia and the Fool are doubled.
Live audio recording of Jonathan Miller’s 1970 production of King Lear for the Old Vic with Michael Hordern in the title role.
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