Learning on ScreenKing Lear
- Synopsis
- A videorecording of the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival production of King Lear directed by Jonathan Miller. Designed by Ralph Funicello. Videotaped for Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) by Richard Stucker. Christopher Plummer as Lear.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 12 Apr 2004
- Duration
- 179 mins
Credits
- Director
- Jonathan Miller
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Berthold Carriere
- Production Design
- Ralph Funicello
- Costume
- Clare Mitchell
- Contributor
- Richard Stucker
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Centre, NY
- Theatre company
- Stratford Shakespeare Company, Ontario
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Elizabethan
- Plays
- King Lear
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival
Notes
- History
- First performed at the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival 2002 (catalogued separately)
- Reviews
- Nina da Vinci Nicols, Shakespeare Newsletter 53 (2003-4): 131-321.
Brantley, Ben ‘A Fiery Fall Into the Abyss, Unknowing And Unknown’. New York Times (March 5 2004).
Archive
- Name
Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT)
- toft@nypl.org
- Web
- http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa/theatre-film-and-tape-archive External site opens in new window
- Phone
- + 1 (212) 870-1642
- Fax
- (212) 8701868
- Address
- Billy Rose Theatre Collection
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York,New York
10023-7498
USA
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