Learning on ScreenRobert Wilson’s King Lear: A Work in Progress
- Alternative title
- King Lear
- Synopsis
- A video recording of King Lear designed and directed by Robert Wilson. The production was the result of an intensive two-week workshop with Wilson, then Distinguished Artist in Residence at UCLA. The performance is introduced by the director. With Ford Rainey as Lear.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 19 May 1985
- Duration
- 172 mins
Credits
- Director
- Robert Wilson (3)
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Daniel Birnbaum
- Production Design
- Robert Wilson (3)
- Costume
- Sylvia Moss
- Choreographer
- Paula Shelley
- Cast
Ford Rainey Lear Eric Marx Fool Amy Jackson Gary Matanky Kate Fitzmaurice Kathryn Aronson Leonard Cruz Paul Attinello Peter Lohnes Reza R. Abdoh Robert Machray Stefan Haves Valerie Mamches
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Stage One, Metromedia Square, Hollywood
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- King Lear
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Spoken in English and German. Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) also holds recordings of both matinee and evening performances, and tapes of rehearsal footage.
- Textual information
- Dramaturg is David Rodes.
- Reviews
- Sorgenfrei, Carol Fisher. Theatre Journal 37 (1985), pp. 496-98.
Production Company
- Name
UCLA Extension
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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