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
Recording date: 2004
Duration: 212 mins

Notes: In London Caolan Byrne played the Duke of Albany, Leo Wringer the Fool, and Jonathan Forbes, Captain.
History: First performance 18 June 2004. The production then played at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and at the Albery Theatre, London.
Reviews: For a detailed account by the director, actors, designers and understudies of the concept behind the production, the interpretation of their roles, and the rehearsal process visit http://www.rsc.org.uk/lear/current/home.html

Kehler, Dorothea. Shakespeare Bulletin 23, no. 3 (2005) pp 88-90.

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

Corin Redgrave	Lear
Sian Brooke	Cordelia
David Hargreaves	Earl of Gloucester
John Normington	Fool
Pal Aron	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Anatol Yusef	Duke of Cornwall
Caolan Byrne	Duke of Burgundy
Caolan Byrne	Captain
Emily Raymond	Goneril
Jack Whitam	Servant of Cornwall
Jack Whitam	Knight
Leo Wringer	Duke of Albany
Louis Hilyer	Earl of Kent
Louise Bangay	Lady to Lear
Matt Cross	Servant of Cornwall
Matt Cross	Knight
Matthew Rhys	Edmund
Michael G. Jones	Moriani, tenant of Gloucester
Peter Bygott	Curan
Peter Bygott	Doctor
Ruth Gemmell	Regan
Samuel Clemens	King of France
Samuel Clemens	Gentleman
Sean Hannaway	Oswald
Tam Mutu	Servant of Cornwall
Tam Mutu	Knight

British Universities Film & Video Council