King Lear
- Synopsis
- Video recording using a single camera (wide shot) of a rehearsal for a production of King Lear by the Talawa Theatre Company at the Cochrane Theatre, London. Ben Thomas is Lear.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 17 Jan 1994
Credits
- Director
- Yvonne Brewster
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Production Design
- Ellen Cairns
- Cast
Ben Thomas Lear
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Cochrane Theatre, London
- Theatre company
- Talawa Theatre Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- King Lear
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- drama in English; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Multicultural casting; Rehearsals; Black actors
Distributor
- Name
V&A Theatre & Performance Collections: National Video Archive of Performance
- tmenquiries@vam.ac.uk
- Web
- http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/nvap/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7942 2697
- Fax
- 020 7471 9864
- Address
- Blythe House
23 Blythe Road
London
W14 0QX
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "King Lear". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/11847 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)