Learning on ScreenKing Lear
- Synopsis
- Video recording of Robin Phillips’ 1980 staging of King Lear with Peter Ustinov in the title role.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 14 Sep 1980
Credits
- Director
- Robin Phillips
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Berthold Carriere
- Production Design
- Daphne Dare
- Costume
- Daphne Dare
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Avon Theatre, Stratford, Ontario
- Theatre company
- Stratford Shakespeare Company, Ontario
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Victorian
- Plays
- King Lear
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival
Notes
- History
- The production ran 9 June-8 November 1980 and was a revival of the original 1979 staging with cast changes. The 1979 production is catalogued separately.
- Reviews
- Good, Maurice. Every Inch a Lear: A Rehearsal Journal of King Lear with Peter Ustinov and the Stratford Festival Company Directed by Robin Phillips. Victoria, British Columbia: Sono Nis Press, 1982. Good was the understudy for the role of Lear.
Archive
- Name
Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival Archive
- Contact
- ECharendoff@stratfordshakespearefestival.com (Archives Co-ordinator)
- Web
- https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/AboutUs/OurHistory/ArchivesServices External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 519-271 1040
- Fax
- +1 519-271-1040
- Address
- 350 Douro Street
P.O. Box 520
55 Queen Street
Stratford, Ontario
N5A 3S7
Canada
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