König Lear

Alternative title: Koenig Lear King Lear
Synopsis: German television production of Dieter Dorn’s production of King Lear for the Münchner Kammerspiele directed for television by C. Rainer Ecke. With Rolf Boysen as Lear and Thomas Holtzmann as Gloucester.
Language: German (Standard)
Country: Germany
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 6 Jan 1994 (Channel: Bayerischer Rundfunk)
Duration: 270 mins

General: Produced at the Kammerspiele, Munich beginning 20 February 1992.
History: Broadcast in two parts. Part 1 (175 mins) 6 January 1994 and Part 2 (95 min) 9 January 1994.
Textual information: Translated into German by Michael Wachsmann.
Reviews: Source: DRA Database ‘Fernsehspiele (1952-1995)', ID number 152762 (http://www.dra.de/online/datenbanken/fernsehspiele.html).

Shakespeare, "König Lear". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av69003 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)

Rolf Boysen	Lear
Stefani Jarke	Cordelia
Thomas Holtzmann	Earl of Gloucester
Stefan Huntstein	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Arnulf Schumacher	Duke of Cornwall
Claus Eberth	Earl of Kent
Franziska Walser	Regan
Gisella Stein	Goneril
Heinz Bennent
Helmut Pick	Knight
Horst Kotterba
Manfred Zapatka	Duke of Albany
Martin Florchinger
Michael Seyfried	Duke of Burgundy
Michael Tregor	King of France
Michael von Au	Edmund
Richard Beek

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