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Great Performances: King Lear DVD List Price: $24.99 Our Price: $19.99 This product qualifies for 2 for $25 promotion Details > Item No.: GPKL601 Single DVD William Shakespeare's unrelenting King Lear is considered to be one of the playwright's most enduring and haunting works for the stage. The challenge of playing its title role has long fallen to some of the greatest actors of our time. This telecast marks Sir Ian McKellen's return to the Royal Shakespeare Company, that has resulted...

Shot live for the prestigious Omnibus series; Orson Welles masterfully plays the title role in the Shakespearean classic about a beleaguered king who is betrayed by the greed of his daughters. Broadcast live on CBS.

Famed theatrical producer Richard Price and directors Trevor Nunn and Chris Hunt teamed with Britain's legendary Royal Shakespeare Company to create this film version of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear, with the masterful Ian McKellen (Scandal, Richard III) in the title role. The said production toured numerous major cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Melbourne, then traveled to Pinewood Studios in Britain for this filmed version, done on closed sets. It originally aired on television as...

Member Rating: One of the first important distinctions to be made about this version of King Lear is that it is not the same version directed by Peter Brook in 1971. Brook was responsible for the staging of this 1953 version, but it was Andrew McCullough who put it to film. Orson Welles portrays the titular character, one of the most memorable and important characters from the Shakespearean canon. The story begins with the famous request Lear makes of his daughters: to express how much they love...

Additional Details Format: DVD Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 5 Hours 1 Minutes + Extras Region: 1 Studio: A&E Television Networks Closed Captioning: No Genre: Drama Two of William Shakespeare's ageless tales of suspense and treachery are joined together to create this ultimate cloak and dagger combo featuring award-winning actors and acclaimed directors. MACBETH: When a trio of witches prophesize Macbeth's (Ian McKellen) ascension to the throne, Lady Macbeth (Judi Dench) pushes her husband into...

Standard Deviants School: Shakespeare, Vol. 11 - King Lear Basics [Classroom Edition]

Standard Deviants School: Shakespeare, Vol. 12 - Approaches to King Lear

Alistair Cooke - live remote from the Yale Shakespeare Festival, including scenes form "The Merry Wives of Windwor" (2/21/54)

Shakespeare's tragedy, made for British television, is given a full-blooded rendition here with the great Laurence Olivier in the title role and a stellar cast to support him, in the tale of a king torn apart by the ambition and treachery within his family and by his own pride. ~ Mark Hockley, Rovi Guide

The film holds, “as t’were, the mirror” up to the Middle Ages, for the medieval image of the world survived into the Elizabethan Age. The king-father symbolizing the authority of the past, primogeniture, astrology, and the dowry are all representative of the medieval culture as reflected in Shakespeare’s King Lear.

Product Description The late Sir Lawrence Olivier stars in this Emmy Award winning production of Shakespeare's King Lear. It is the timeless tale of greed and lust for power, and of a sick old man, his scheming children and lost loyalties. Also stars Diana Rigg, John Hurt, Leo McKern, and Colin Blakely. Special DVD features include a biography and filmography on Sir Lawrence Olivier, character and cast list, chapter stops on each scene, and more. 158 minutes.

One of the truly great Soviet films, and possibly the greatest translation ofShakespeare to the screen, Grigori Kozintsev's epic adaptation, shot inLithuania, is a visually stunning tour-de-force. Screenplay by BorisPasternak. Music by Dimitri Shostakovich. It will stand as one of the unshakable edifices of Shakespearean imagination" ( New Yorker ). In Grigori Kozintsev---USSR---1971---140 mins."

DVD BRAND NEW Orson Welles, Natasha Perry. This 1953 rendition of Shakespeare's infamous tragedy finds the legendary Welles starring as the aging king, who in preparation for ... his death, divides his kingdom between his daughters based on how much they love him. But the youngest and most sincere daughter Cordelia ends up disowned and banished! 1953/b&w/73 min/NR/fullscreen. Attributes: SUBTITLED. Read more Show Less

The Standard Deviants break down Shakespeare so beginners will “get” it and enthusiasts will enrich their understanding! This three-part series explores the life and times of the Bard, explains the natures of Elizabethan drama and tragedy and presents enlightening analyses of Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear and more of his great tragedies. 3 cassettes. Color/approx. 90 min. each/NR.

Release Date: 2001-01-30, Rating: NR (Not Rated)

DVD Acceptable The item has been opened & show signs of wear but is still operational. The case may include: markings from a previous owner, scratches, scuffs or minor damage. ... The cover art or liner notes may not be included. All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business. Read more Show Less

783421337893 Pre-owned - please note that this item is in Fair/Acceptable pre-owned condition - may include notes, markings, underlining, highlighting, bent corners, scuffed ... edges, creased pages, missing DVD & CD artwork/liner notes, and disc scratches/fingerprints. Covers may have minor small tears, creasing, denting, scuffing, chipping, worn edges, rips, and shelf wear. Pre-owned item may be a library withdraw, and may not include digital codes or extra features that would be present with a...

Release Date: 2008-12-26, Rating: Unrated