Lear Király

Alternative title
King Lear
Synopsis
Video recording of János Ács’ 1993 staging of King Lear for the János Arany Színház with Géza Tordy as Lear.
Language
Hungarian
Country
Hungary
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Recording date
1993
Duration
152 mins

Credits

Director
János Ács
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
István Martha
Production Design
Róbert Menczel
Costume
György Csik
Cast
Géza TordyLear
Judit FöldesiCordelia
Ádám RajhonaEarl of Gloucester
János ÁcsFool
Tibor MertzEdgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Anna GyörgyiRegan
Anna RáckeveiGoneril
Attila HankóDuke of Cornwall
Miklós HegedusKing of France
Oszkár GátiEarl of Kent
Péter TarjánOswald
Péter Vander HaásDuke of Albany
Sándor CzvetkóEdmund
Tamás BankDuke of Burgundy

Additional Details

Theatre
János Arany Színház, Budapest,
Production type
Stage Recordings
Plays
King Lear
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History
Produced at the János Arany Színház, Budapest, beginning 12 February 1993; and at the Hungarian Theatre Festival, Pécs, 6-16 June 1993.
Textual information
Translated into Hungarian by Mihály Vörösmarty. Róbert Vörös, is the dramaturg.

Archive

Name

Országos Színháztörténeti Muzeúm és Intézet/Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute

Email
oszmi@ella.hu
Web
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Phone
(36-1) 375 11 84
Fax
(36) 375 11 84
Address
H-1013 Budapest
Krisztina krt
57 Hungary

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Lear Király". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av71178 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)