SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

King Lear

Synopsis

Video recording of Eva Talska’s 1996 production of King Lear for the Husa na Provazku Theatre, Brno with Jiri Pecha as Lear.

Language

Czech

Country

Czech Republic

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

1996

Duration

141 mins

Credits

Director

Eva Talska

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Milos Stedron

Production Design

Jana Zborilova

Costume

Jana Zborilova

Cast

Jiri Pecha	Lear
Gabriela Jezkova	Cordelia
Pavel Zatloukal	Earl of Gloucester
Vaclav Svoboda	Fool
Michal Bumbalek	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Alena Ambrova	Goneril
Ivan Urbanek	Duke of Albany
Ivana Hlouzkova	Regan
Jan Leflik	Oswald
Jan Zrzavy	King of France
Radim Fiala	Duke of Cornwall
Roman Slovak	Edmund
Vladimir Hauser	Earl of Kent

Additional Details

Theatre

Husa na Provazku Theatre, Brno

Production type

Stage Recordings

Plays

King Lear

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History

Produced at Husa na Provazku Theatre, Brno, Moravia, beginning 10 September 1996.

Textual information

Translated into Czech by E. A. Saudek. Petr Oslzly is dramaturg.

Archive

Name

Arts Institute-Theatre Institute

Email

info@institutumeni.cz

Web

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Phone

224 809 123

Fax

224 809 123

Address

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Czech Republic