SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

King Lear

Synopsis

Hungarian television broadcast of King Lear based on Csiszár Imre’s 1981 staging for the Miskolci Nemzeti Szinház. Tamás Major is Lear. Éva Igó doubles as the Fool and Cordelia.

Language

Hungarian

Country

Hungary

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

1981

Duration

180 mins

Credits

Director

Imre Csiszár

Writer

William Shakespeare

Production Design

István Szlávik

Costume

Györgyi Szakács

Adaptor for Television

Dezso Mészöly

Cast

Tamás Major	Lear
Éva Igó	Cordelia
Géza Polgár	Earl of Gloucester
Éva Igó	Fool
Tibor Gáspár	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Dénes Ujlaky	Earl of Kent
Éva Timár	Goneril
György Matus	Duke of Albany
Péter Blaskó	Edmund
Zsolt Körtvélyessy	Duke of Cornwall
Zsolt Major	Duke of Burgundy
Zsuzsa Molnár	Regan

Additional Details

Theatre

Miskolci Nemzeti Szinház

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

King Lear

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Doubling of roles

Notes

History

Transmitted on Hungarian television. Channel and date unknown. Stage production opened March 6 1981.

Textual information

Translated into Hungarian by Mihály Vörösmarty, and arranged by Dezso Mészöly.

Archive

Name

Országos Színháztörténeti Muzeúm és Intézet/Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute

Email

oszmi@ella.hu

Web

http://www.oszmi.hu External site opens in new window

Phone

(36-1) 375 11 84

Fax

(36) 375 11 84

Address

H-1013 Budapest
Krisztina krt
57 Hungary