Portland Public Library

King Lear, The TV-Radio Workshop of the Ford Foundation ; Peter Brook's production of [the play] by William Shakespeare ; producer, Fred Rickey ; staged by Peter Brook ; director, Andrew McCullough

"The historic Omnibus production"--Disc label & container"Omnibus, volume 3."--End credits"Omnibus produced by Robert Saudek Associates"--ContainerSpecial features: Backstage preview of Omnibus: King Lear (10/11/53); Dr. Frank Baxter on The Globe Theatre (11/29/53); Alistair Cooke: live remote from the Yale Shakespeare Festival, including scenes from "The merry wives of Windsor" (2/21/54); Walter Kerr on staging Shakespeare, including scenes from "Hamlet" (1/30/55). Booklet with contributions by Peter Brook and Orson Welles biographer Simon Callow

Midwest Tape

black and white

monaural

Music composed and conducted by Virgil Thomson

other

For private home use only

9781417232871

videodisc

Host, Alistair CookeOrson Welles, Natasha Parry, Arnold Moss, Bramwell Fletcher, Margaret Phillips, David J. Stewart, Alan Badel, Beatrice Straight

1 videodisc (82 min.), sound, black & white, 4 3/4 in.

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)496023952

DVD, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono

741952675396

E1E-DV-6753 -- E1 Entertainment

DVD