King Lear
- Synopsis
- The twenty-eighth in a weekly live stream project by Rob Myles to present all of Shakespeare’s plays in the order in which it is thought they were originally written. Using the Zoom video conferencing platform, it brings together many actors currently unable to travel and perform due to the Coronavirus crisis. The performance is introduced by the actor Joseph Marcell, who reminisces about when he played the title role in 2014.
Cast:
King Lear - Michael Bertenshaw
Edgar - Michael Ahomka-Lindsay
Earl of Kent - Wendy Morgan
Earl of Gloucester - John D. Huston
Edmund - Alex Andlau
Goneril - Seeta Indrani
Regan - Sarah Peachey
Cordelia - Lydia Bakelmun
Duke of Albany - Gareth Turkington
Fool - Zoe Land
Duke of Cornwall - Dan Wilson
Oswald - Georgia Andrews
First Gentleman - Swachata Guha Mallik
Ensemble - Russell Proctor
Ensemble - Tamara Theisen
Ensemble - Pedro Santos
Ensemble - Comfort Fabian
Swing - Fleur de Wit
Swing - Benjamin Chandle - Series
- Show Must Go Online, The
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Multimedia; Video
- Transmission details
- 23 Sep 2020
- Duration
- 223 mins
Credits
- Director
- Robert Myles
- Producer
- Sarah Peachey
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- King Lear
- Subjects
- Drama; Shakespeare
Notes
- General
- A project by actor and writer Robert Myles to present ‘weekly readings of the Complete Plays of Shakespeare by a global cast, in the order they were believed to have been written.' For more details, visit the peroject homepage at: https://robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline/
Online Availability
- Online URL
- https://youtu.be/dBRqe-THfjA
- Online format
- Streamed
Sponsor
- Name
Robert Myles
- Web
- https://robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline/ External site opens in new window
Distributor
- Name
YouTube
- Web
- http://www.youtube.com External site opens in new window
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "King Lear". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av79276 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)