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King Lear

Synopsis: A performance of a low budget King Lear with Brian Blessed as Lear.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1998
Duration: 190 mins

Credits

Director

Producer

Cinematographer

Writer

William Shakespeare

Screenplay

Music

Costume

Cast

Brian Blessed	Lear
Phillippa Peak	Cordelia
Robert Whelan	Earl of Gloucester
Hildegard Neil	Fool
Mark Burgess	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Caroline Lennon	Goneril
Caroline Lennon	Goneril
Graham McTavish	Duke of Albany
Iain Stuart Robertson	Earl of Kent
Jason Riddington	Edmund
John Woodford	Captain
Mark Denny	Duke of Cornwall
Mark Hayden	Oswald
Nick Walton	Duke of Burgundy
Paul Curran	King of France

Additional Details

Production type: Other
Historical period: Medieval
Plays: King Lear
Subjects: Drama; Shakespeare
Keywords: drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes: The VHS version was deleted in 2003. Released on DVD 2006 and again in 2013
Textual information: Textual advisor Robert Smallwood.
Uses: Age 12 and up.

Production Company

Name: Lamancha Productions Ltd

Distributor

Name: Cinram Logistics
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Notes: Handles Shakespeare titles made by Cromwell Productions

Distributor (Sale)

Name: Retail outlets

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