Scenes from King Lear
- Synopsis
- Radio adaption of King Lear by Carl Ritchie of Robert Loper’s 1958 stage production for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Narrated by Loper with Richard Graham as Lear.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 12 Aug 1955 (Channel: KMED)
- Duration
- 24 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy found (2007).
Credits
- Director
- Andrew C. Love
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Contributor
- Robert Loper
- Adaptor for Radio
- Carl Ritchie
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Historical period
- Medieval
- Plays
- King Lear
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Notes
- General
- The cast credits are those taken from the cast of the stage production as cast details for the radio production were not available. It has been assumed that the cast is the same but because the radio version is so much shorter some of the roles may have been cut.
- History
- Jensen op cit notes ‘the local NBC affiliate KMED in Medford aired the show five days before the network broadcast. KPFA in Berkeley, California, aired the program in January 1959, OSF’s experiment in syndication’.
- Reviews
- Jensen, Michael P. ‘Radio’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. [p. 535, entry 2314].
Production Company
- Name
NBC
- Name
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
- Contact
- Archivist
- archives@osfashland.org
- Web
- http://www.osfashland.org External site opens in new window
- Phone
- + 541 482 2111
- Address
- 15 S Pioneer Street
Ashland
Oregon 97520
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Scenes from King Lear". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67488 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)