SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

A performance of King Lear performed at the National Theatre of Egypt in 2002 with Yehia El-Fakharani (Yahya El-Fakharany) in the title role. Theatre direction: Ahmed Abdel Halim. Film direction: Jamal Abdel Hamid.

Language

Arabic (Egypt)

Country

Egypt

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

2002

Credits

Director

Ahmed Abdel Halim; Jamal Abdel Hamid

Writer

William Shakespeare

Cast

Yehia El-Fakharani	Lear
Emad El-Arousi	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Ahmad Salama	Edmund
Magdi El-Idrisi	Duke of Cornwall
Mohamed Nagi	Earl of Kent
Rushdi El-Shami	Oswald
Salwa Mohamed Ali	Regan
Sawsan Badr	Goneril

Additional Details

Theatre

National Theatre of Egypt

Production type

Stage Recordings

Plays

King Lear

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Reviews

Nehad Selaiha , Al-Ahram Weekly Online
(4 -10 April 2002. Issue 580) http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/580/cu4.htm. streamed at: http://globalshakespeares.mit.edu/king-lear-abdel-halim-ahmed-2002/ (accessed 5/2015).

Distributor

Name

globalshakespeares.mit.edu

Email

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