Olivier's King Lear
Without doubt the Lear of the century, this performance surpasses the skill of the critics to praise it; its all-star cast and crew have won every award that exists for performance and production. More important, the production makes a taut, compressed, and difficult play into a work that reaches ou...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Granada Media (Firm) |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2009], c1983.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (158 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
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| Summary: |
Without doubt the Lear of the century, this performance surpasses the skill of the critics to praise it; its all-star cast and crew have won every award that exists for performance and production. More important, the production makes a taut, compressed, and difficult play into a work that reaches out to modern audiences in its grip on the elemental human emotions-emotions common to ancient Celts and modern Americans, rowdy Elizabethan playgoers and today's Shakespearean scholars. |
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| Item Description: |
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Jan. 01, 2009. Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Lear Divides His Kingdom (3:40) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" False Expression of Love (2:39) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Cordelia Cast Out (3:19) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Kent's Plea in Cordelia's Behalf (2:19) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" France's King Takes Cordelia (4:11) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Cordelia Leaves the Castle (1:56) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Edmund's Plot Against Gloucester (5:02) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Brother Against Brother (3:12) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Daughter Against Father (3:17) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Kent in Disguise (5:09) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Lear Curses Goneril (3:41) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Lear Leaves Goneril's House (2:14) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" King Lear and His Fool (2:57) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Edmund's Plot Against His Brother (4:58) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Kent Placed in the Stocks (6:00) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Edgar Disguises Himself (2:27) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Lear Arrives at Gloucester's House (4:03) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" King Lear vs. Daughter Regan (2:43) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Lear's Alienation from Daughters (3:39) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Lear's Daughters Betray Him (2:25) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" King Lear in a Storm (4:01) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Trouble Between Cornwall and Albany (1:33) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Edgar as Tom O'Bedlam (4:45) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" King Lear Led to Safety (1:53) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Cornwall and Edmund's Conspiracy (0:55) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Lear's Mock Trial and Madness (3:29) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Gloucester Tortured (3:15) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Edmund's Betrayal Revealed (2:04) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Edgar Tens to His Blind Father (3:19) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Family Discord and Cruelty (3:00) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Father and Son in Ruse (4:30) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Gloucester's "Death" (2:59) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" King Lear Gone Mad (3:12) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Lear and Gloucester Meet (4:39) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Cordelia's Men Find Lear (4:22) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" A Traitor Among Us (3:42) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Lear in Cordelia's Camp (3:07) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Lear Asks Cordelia for Forgiveness (3:36) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Edmund's Admirers (2:49) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Goneril's Plot Revealed (2:49) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Lear and Cordelia as Prisoners (3:21) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Edmund's Treason (2:50) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Edgar's Identity Revealed (5:10) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Death of Lear's Daughters (2:22) -- Shakespeare's "King Lear:" Death of Cordelia and King Lear (5:49) Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. Without doubt the Lear of the century, this performance surpasses the skill of the critics to praise it; its all-star cast and crew have won every award that exists for performance and production. More important, the production makes a taut, compressed, and difficult play into a work that reaches out to modern audiences in its grip on the elemental human emotions-emotions common to ancient Celts and modern Americans, rowdy Elizabethan playgoers and today's Shakespearean scholars. 11 & up. Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. Closed-captioned. |
| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (158 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
| Format: |
Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Audience: |
11 & up. |
| Access: |
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. |