Learning on ScreenKing Lear
- Synopsis
- Televised adaptation of the play with Michael Hordern in the title role and Frank Middlemass as the Fool.
- Series
- Play of the Month
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Notes
- Director Jonathan Miller first directed the play with actors Michael Hordern and Frank Middlemass in 1969 at Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham; he subsequently directed the same pair for the BBC TV Shakespeare production of the play in 1982.
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Credits
- Director
- Jonathan Miller
- Producer
- Cedric Messina
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Art Direction
- Vic Symonds
- Cast
Angela Down Anthony Nicholls Benjamin Whitrow Ewan Hooper Frank Middlemas John Shrapnel Michael Hordern Michael Jayston Penelope Wilton Ronald Pickup Sarah Badel
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
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