Learning on ScreenKing Lear
- Synopsis
- Television anthology arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. Programme on the staging of King Lear around a rehearsal in the National Theatre of David Hare’s production with Anthony Hopkins in the title role. Hare, Jonathan Miller, Anthony Hopkins and Peter Brook comment on their approach to the play. In addition to the rehearsal scenes are extracts from the Peter Brook film (1970) with Paul Scofield, Jonathan Miller’s two television productions (1975 and 1982), Kurosawa’s RAN (1985) and Kozintsev’s KOROL LIR (1970). There is also a staging of the final scene as envisaged in Nahum Tate’s re-writing in 1681. Jonathan Miller directs the scene where Goneril and Regan have poisoned each other, Edgar marries Cordelia and all is well.
- Series
- South Bank Show, The
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Stage directing; Rehearsals; performance history
Credits
- Director
- Chris Hunt
- Producer
- Chris Hunt
- Production Design
- Gordon Melhuish
- Costume
- Linda Mattock
- Contributor
- David Hare; Jonathan Miller; Melvyn Bragg; Peter Brook
- Cast
Angela Down Anthony Hopkins Bill Nighy Clive Swift Graham Crowden John Grillo John Shrapnel Ken Drury Michael Bryant Miranda Foster Peter Eyre Philip Locke Suzanne Bertish
Production Company
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
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