King Lear
- Synopsis
- A complete performance with Paul Scofield as Lear.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Audio
- Year of release
- 1965
- Duration
- 186 mins
- Availability
- Sale
Credits
- Director
- Howard Sackler
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre company
- Shakespeare Recording Society
- Production type
- Sound Recordings(Commercial)
- Plays
- King Lear
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Textual information
- Text edited by G.B. Harrison.
- Documentation
- Includes complete text.
- Reviews
- For an assessment of the sound recordings from Arkangel, the Marlowe Society (Rylands) and the Caedmon Shakespeare Recording Society (Sackler) see Lanier, Douglas ‘Shakespeare on the Record’ in Hodgdon, Barbara & Worthen, W.B. (eds) A Companion to Shakespeare in Performance (Malden: Blackwell, 2005), pp415-436.
The radio performance is analysed in detail in Dermott Rattigan’s production analysis of four King Lear broadcasts in Theatre of Sound: Radio and the Dramatic Imagination (Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2002), pp. 223 ff.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
Distributor
- Name
Harper Collins
- education@harpercollins.co.uk.
- Web
- http://www.collinseducation.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0870 787 1612
- Fax
- 020 8307 4440
- Address
- Collins Educational
Westerhill Road
77-85 Fulham Palace Road
Hammersmith
London
W6 8JB
- Name
Retail outlets
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "King Lear". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/11859 (Accessed 25 Nov 2024)