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King Lear / by William Shakespeare ; directed by Michael Elliott ; [adapted by Laurence Olivier] ; produced by Fraser Peacock Associates on behalf of Granada Video.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoWest Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [1999?]
Description1 videodisc (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorElliott, Michael, 1931-1984.
Other author/creatorOlivier, Laurence, 1907-1989.
Other author/creatorBlakely, Colin.
Other author/creatorCalder-Marshall, Anna.
Other author/creatorShakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.
Other author/creatorFraser Peacock Associates.
Other author/creatorGranada Video (Firm)
Other author/creatorKultur International Films.
Uniform titleKing Lear (Television program : 1983)
Contents Act 1. Beginning/King Lear's palace -- The Earl of Gloucester's castle -- The Duke of Albany's palace -- A hall in the same -- Court before the same -- Act 2. Gloucester's castle -- Before Gloucester's castle -- A wood -- Before Gloucester's castle -- Act 3. A heath (Deleted by director) -- Another pat of the heath -- Gloucester's castle -- The heath. Before a hovel --Gloucester's castle -- A chamber in a farmhouse adjoining the castle -- Gloucester's castle -- Act 4. The heath -- Before Albany's palace -- The French camp near Dover (Deleted by director) -- The same. A tent (Deleted by director) -- Gloucester's castle -- Fields near Dover -- A tent in the French camp -- Act 5. The British camp, near Dover -- A field between the two camps -- The British camp near Dover -- Credits.
Abstract Presents William Shakespeare's play about a foolish king who divides his realm between two ungrateful daughters.
General noteOriginally produced in 1983 for television broadcast.
General noteSpecial features include character descriptions, plot summary, scene-by-scene outline, biographies of William Shakespeare and Laurence Olivier, and filmography of Laurence Olivier.
CreditsMusic, Gordon Crosse.
Cast Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Anna Calder-Marshall, Jeremy Kemp, Robert Lang, Robert Lindsay, Leo McKern, David Threlfall, Dorothy Tutin, John Hurt, Diana Rigg.
Technical detailsDVD; Dolby.
Genre/formMade-for-TV movies.
Genre/formTelevision adaptations.
Genre/formFiction television programs.
Genre/formAdaptation Television feature.
Genre/formTelevision programs Great Britain.
ISBN0769712231
ISBN9780769712239
UPC 032031122390
Publisher numberD1223 Kultur

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