King Lear, by William Shakespeare ; presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation ; produced by Shaun Sutton ; directed by Jonathan Miller ; a BBC Television Production in association with Time-Life Television

Type

Label

King Lear, by William Shakespeare ; presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation ; produced by Shaun Sutton ; directed by Jonathan Miller ; a BBC Television Production in association with Time-Life Television

Note

Originally produced for television in 1982Digitally restored masters of the classic BBC production of Shakespeare's plays; issued as part of the Dramatic works of William Shakespeare, Tragedy II collection in 2005Special features: About Ambrose; List of plays; Previews; Link to view and print script for King Lear

Color

multicolored

Configuration of playback channels

unknown

resource.creditsNote

Fight arranger, William Hobbs ; production manager, Peter Stenning ; senior cameraman, Ron Green ; video tape editor, Howard Dell ; graphic designer, Alan Feapes ; properties buyer, Monica Boggust ; make-up artist, Eileen Mair ; costume designer, Raymond Hughes ; sound, Derek Miller-Timmins ; lighting, John Treays ; literary consultant, Dr. John Wilders ; script editors, David Snodin, Patricia Preece ; designer, Colin Lowrey

Dimensions

other

Medium for sound

videodisc

Participant note

John Shrapnel (Earl of Kent), Norman Rodway (Earl of Gloucester), Michael Kitchen (Edmund), Michael Hordern (King Lear), Gillian Barge (Goneril), Brenda Blethyn (Cordelia), Penelope Wilton (Regan), John Bird (Duke of Albany), Julian Curry (Duke of Cornwall), David Weston (Duke of Burgundy), Harry Waters (King of France), Anton Lesser (Edgar), John Grillo (Oswald), Iain Armstrong (1st Gentleman), Frank Middlemass (Fool), Ken Stott (Curan), Stuart Blake (1st Servant), Tony Sympson (2nd Servant), Peter Walmsley (3rd Servant), George Howe (Doctor), John Dallimore (2nd Gentleman), Tim Brown (Captain), Adam Kurakin (Herald), Fraser Wilson (3rd Gentleman), Richard Albrecht (Officer)

Physical Description

1 videodisc (185 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in.

Sound on medium or separate

sound on medium

Specific Material Designation

videodisc

System control number

63790415 (OCoLC)63790415

System details

DVD

Upc

739815002977739815003011