Learning on ScreenKönig Lear
- Alternative title
- Koenig Lear King Lear
- Synopsis
- A re-staging for television of Luc Bondy’s production of King Lear for the 2007 Vienna Festival. Directed for television by Peter Schönhofer with Gert Voss as Lear.
- Language
- German (Austria)
- Country
- Austria; Germany
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 29 Mar 2008 at 20:15 (Channel: ZDF Theaterkanal)
- Duration
- 142 mins
Credits
- Director
- Luc Bondy; Peter Schönhofer
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Rebecca Saunders
- Production Design
- Richard Peduzzi
- Costume
- Rudy Sabounghi
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- King Lear
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- Bondy’s production was first performed on stage at the Wiener Festwochen at the Burgtheater, Vienna, 30 May-26 June 2007.
- Textual information
- Translated into German by Marie-Louise Bischofberger, Luc Bondy and Geoffrey Layton. The Fool’s songs are translated by Peter Handke.
Production Company
- Name
ORF
- kundendienst@orf.at
- Web
- http://ORF.at/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +43 (01) 87878-0
- Address
- Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Radio & Television (ORF)
Würzburggasse 30
Vienna
A-1136
Austria
- Name
ZDF
- Notes
- See: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Distributor (DVD)
- Name
Theateredition
- Web
- http://www.theateredition.de/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +49/30/25 44 95 0
- Fax
- +49/30/25 44 95 12
- Address
- Friedrich Berlin Verlagsgesellschaft
Reinhardtstraße 29
Berlin
10117
Germany
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