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King Lear
Title
King Lear / Columbia Broadcasting System, inc.
Edition
Orson Welles Version
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : Columbia Broadcasting System, inc., [1953]
Distribution
New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2016.
Copyright Notice Date
©1953
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (1 video file (26 min., 49 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Originally released by Columbia Broadcasting System, inc., 1953.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 07, 2016.
Directed by Peter Brooks.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description (Infobase, November 16, 2016)
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
This 73-minute television adaptation of King Lear stars the great Orson Welles in the title role. The play was condensed by omitting the characters Edgar and Edmund entirely to focus on Lear himself.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Credits
Directed by Peter Brooks.
Performers
Stars Orson Welles.
System details note
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
King Lear: Introduction: King Lear (5:36)
King Lear: Divided Kingdom (3:01)
King Lear: Cordelia Speaks (2:49)
King Lear: Duke of Kent (3:43)
King Lear: Goneril's Home (4:12)
King Lear: Fool Arrives (5:17)
King Lear: Lear is Furious (3:20)
King Lear: Albany Rebukes Goneril (2:50)
King Lear: King's Trumpet Sounds (4:49)
King Lear: Lear Opts for Regan (4:19)
King Lear: Rain Storm (6:14)
King Lear: Inside the Shelter (2:41)
King Lear: Gloucester Discovers Lear (4:03)
King Lear: Albany's Disgust (2:48)
King Lear: Struggling with Madness (5:06)
King Lear: Lear's Sanity (5:49)
King Lear: Caught By the British (2:29)
King Lear: Albany Discovers the Truth (3:40)
King Lear: In Prison (4:36)
King Lear: Commercial (2:56)
King Lear: Credits: King Lear (2:25)
Videorecording number
116625 Infobase
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Genre/Form
Internet videos.
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