King Lear

Synopsis: A video recording, using a single fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1999 co-production of King Lear. Directed by Yukio Ninagawa with Nigel Hawthorne as Lear and Sanada Hiroyuki as the Fool.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Notes: A recording was also made at the Saitama Arts Theatre, Tokyo 11 September 1999 and is held by the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive.

Nigel Hawthorne’s annotated script is available in the Shakespeare Institute Library.
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Related items: Hiroyuki Sanada: A Challenge Started from Nothing; Yes, Sir Nigel

Director

Yukio Ninagawa

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Ryudo Uzaki

Production Design

Yukio Horio

Costume

Lily Komine

Cast

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
Web: https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB