King Lear

Synopsis

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2004 production of King Lear. Directed by Bill Alexander with Corin Redgrave as Lear.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Notes

In London Caolan Byrne played the Duke of Albany, Leo Wringer the Fool, and Jonathan Forbes, Captain.

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director

Bill Alexander

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Jonathan Goldstein

Production Design

Tom Piper

Costume

Kandis Cook

Cast

Anatol Yusef
Caolan Byrne
Corin Redgrave
David Hargreaves
Emily Raymond
Jack Whitam
John Normington
Leo Wringer
Louis Hilyer
Louise Bangay
Matt Cross
Matthew Rhys
Michael G. Jones
Pal Aron
Peter Bygott
Ruth Gemmell
Samuel Clemens
Sean Hannaway
Sian Brooke
Tam Mutu

Production Company

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

Archive

Name

Shakespeare Birthplace Collections

Email

collections@shakespeare.org.uk

Web

https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window

Address

Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW