King Lear

Synopsis: Live video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2016 production of King Lear directed by Gregory Doran with Antony Sher in the title role.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2017

Notes: Includes a director’s commentary with Gregory Doran and Assistant Director Anna Girvan. Also available in Blu-Ray version.
History: Broadcast live to cinemas 12 October 2016 via Shakespeare Live from Stratford upon Avon. The production transferred for a limited run at the Barbican theatre 10 November - 23 December 2016. A video recording with fixed cameras is available for onsite viewing at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archives and is catalogued separately on this database.

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
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Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
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Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

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Notes: Opus Arte is the Royal Opera House’s multi-platform arts production and distribution company. Established in 1999 the company grew rapidly to become one of the world’s leading providers of high-quality classical music content. As well as releasing around twenty titles on DVD, Blu-ray and CD per year, the company has produced and directed programmes that have been broadcast in over 60 countries and released in cinemas. The website allows lovers of opera, ballet, classical music and theatre to purchase traditional CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays, and also to download digital music and video straight to a computer or portable device.

Shakespeare, "King Lear". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av77739 (Accessed 25 Nov 2024)

Antony Sher	Lear
Natalie Simpson	Cordelia
David Troughton	Earl of Gloucester
Graham Turner (1)	Fool
Oliver Johnstone	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Antony Byrne	Earl of Kent
Byron Mondahl	Oswald
Clarence Smith	Duke of Albany
Ewart James Walters	Old Man
James Clyde	Duke of Cornwall
Kelly Williams	Regan
Kevin N. Golding	Curan
Marcus Griffiths	King of France
Nia Gwynne	Goneril
Paapa Essiedu	Edmund
Theo Ogundipe	Duke of Burgundy

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