Kral Lear

Alternative title

King Lear

Synopsis

Television version of King Lear directed by Okan Usaler. Cüneyt Gökçer is Lear.

Language

Turkish

Country

Turkey

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

1982

Duration

172 mins

Availability

No distributor or archive copy known (7/2012).

Credits

Director

Okan Uysaler

Writer

William Shakespeare

Cast

Cüneyt Gökçer	Lear
Canan Özdenoglu	Cordelia
Sönmez Atasoy	Earl of Gloucester
Erdal Küçükkömürcü	Fool
Cemil Sönmez	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Atilla Olgac	Duke of Cornwall
Aykut Sözeri	Edmund
Birol Uzunyayla Türker	Goneril
Gülgün Kutlu	Regan
Kenan Isik	Duke of Albany
Mustafa Sekercioglu	Oswald
Zafar Ergin	Earl of Kent

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

King Lear

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Source: Internet Movie Database (IMDb).

History

Broadcast channel and transmission date unknown.

Textual information

Translated by Irfan Sahinbas.

Production Company

Name

Devlet Tiyatrolari (DT)