King Lear
2003
DVD
This bitter tragedy of misplaced trust, envy, power, and filial ingratitude, begins in fairy tale fashion. Intending to divide the realm among his three daughters, the aged King Lear seeks from each a testimony of love. The malevolent Goneril and Regan utter perfunctory replies; disingenuous and loyal Cordelia rejects deception: "[I] cannot heave my heart into my mouth; I love your majesty according to my bond, no more nor less." This response elicits her banishment, plunging Lear's Britain into civil war. Stripped of his wealth and sent out into a storm to beg, Lear is transformed from a dictatorial old man to a sad and defeated wreck plagued by madness.
Item Details
Description:
- 1 videodisc (185 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
Target Audience Note: Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated.
Other Title:
- BBC TV Shakespeare (Television program)
- The complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare. Tragedy [DVD].
Notes:
- "A BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television." --End credits.
- Special features: Digitally remastered ; picture & sound enhanced ; PC/Mac downloadable scripts ; scene selection.
- Michael Hordern (King Lear), John Shapnel (Earl of Kent), Norman Rodway (Earl of Gloucester), Gillian Barge (Goneril), Penelope Wilton (Regan), Brenda Blethyn (Cordelia).
- Taped Mar. 26-Apr. 2, 1982 at the BBC Television studios in London.
- Originally produced by BBC & Time-Life Films for television broadcast in 1982.
- DVD.
- System requirements for downloadable script: PC: Intel Pentium II or better, running Windows 98 or higher -- Mac: Power Macintosh G3 or better, running System 9.2 or higher -- DVD-ROM drive -- Adobe Acrobat.
- For private home use only.
- English ; with optional English subtitles.
Control Number: 3156091
Publisher: New York, NY : Distributed by Ambrose Video Publishing, [2003?]Series:
- Complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare. Tragedy
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 2000. Ambrose Video. Tragedy.
Subjects:
- Aging parents -- England -- Drama.
- Britons -- Drama.
- English drama (Tragedy) -- Film adaptations.
- English drama (Tragedy) -- Television adaptations.
- Fathers and daughters -- Drama.
- Inheritance and succession -- Drama.
- Kings and rulers -- Drama.
- Lear, King of England (Legendary character) -- Drama.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Television adaptations.
Genre:
Other Authors:
- Ambrose Video Publishing.
- Barge, Gillian.
- Blethyn, Brenda, 1946-
- British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
- Hordern, Michael, 1911-1995.
- Miller, Jonathan, 1934-2019.
- Rodway, Norman, 1929-2001.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.
- Shrapnel, John.
- Sutton, Shaun.
- Time-Life Films.
- Wilton, Penelope, 1946-