King Lear, by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; produced by Shaun Sutton ; directed by Jonathan Miller

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King Lear, by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; produced by Shaun Sutton ; directed by Jonathan Miller

Note

"Tragedy"--Container"Word for word as written by William Shakespeare"--ContainerExtras: the complete script in Microsoft Word document formatOriginally broadcast on the BBC series The Shakespeare plays in 1982Shakespeare is rightly considered the world's greatest playwright for the soaring beauty of his language, for his profound insight into human nature, for the truths he dramatized and for the realism of the characters he created. He was, and remains, a superb entertainer. Feauturing some of Britain's most distinguished theatrical talent, these DVDs are ideal for libraries, educational purposes and continuing personal enjoyment. Ambrose Video, the exclusive distributor of these Shakespeare plays produced by BBC & Time-Life Films, has digitally restored the masters (which are over 20 years old) for the best DVD viewing experience possible. - Container

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Issued also as U-matic 3/4 in. or Beta II 1/2 in.

Color

one colormulticolored

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Senior cameraman, Ron Green ; videotape editor, Howard Dell

Dimensions

other4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.

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one file format

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Restricted to private home use or educational instruction

Lccn

46360574

Medium for sound

videodisc

Participant note

Gillian Barge (Goneril), John Bird (Duke of Albany), Brenda Blethyn (Cordelia), Julian Curry (Duke of Cornwall), John Grillo (Oswald), Michael Hordern (King Lear), Michael Kitchen (Edmund), Anton Lesser (Edgar), Frank Middlemass (Fool), Norman Rodway (Earl of Gloucester), John Shrapnel (Earl of Kent), Harry Waters (King of France), David Weston (Duke of Burgundy), Penelope Wilton (Regan), Iain Armstrong (First Gentleman), Ken Stott (Curan), Stuart Blake (First Servant), Tony Sympson (Second Servant)

Physical Description

1 videodisc (185 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in.

Sound on medium or separate

sound on medium

Specific Material Designation

optical diskvideodisc

System control number

(OCoLC)46360574

System details

DVD-video; digitally remastered; picture & sound enhancedSystem requirements for script: PC or Mac with Microsoft Word, DVD-ROM drive

Video recording publisher number

AMB034D