King Lear by William Shakespeare performed live at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
2017 as part of BBC Shakespeare Lives.
Run time 3 hrs 15 mins
No subtitles written for this performance
Presented in two parts at interval. Includes an interview with the
director and also a short featurette in separate files.
IMDb tt7164720/
Summary
“King Lear has three daughters, but no sons. Boldly he makes a decision to
divide his kingdom among his children, but fails to anticipate the consequences of
his actions. His generosity is cruelly repaid and Lear finds himself adrift,
wandering homeless and destitute. As he comes to realize the false values by which
he has lived, he finally encounters his own humanity.“
Cast and creatives
directed for the stage by Nancy Meckler
directed for the screen by Ian Russell
Goneril Emily Bruni
Gloucester Burt Caesar
Edmund Ralph Davis
Edgar Joshua James
Lear Kevin R. McNally
Oswald/Burgundy Chris Nayak
Fool Loren O’Dair
Albany Thomas Padden
Kent Saska Reeves
Regan Sirine Saba
Cornwall Faz Singhateh
France Buom Tihngang
Cordelia Anjana Vasan
My notes
This posting from the Globe is on the alternate index of my Globe collection.
The reason is that, for now, the original encode and screen capture resides
on that index. It can be found with a torrent search engine. Where possible
I am not duplicating but making alternatives to access of these live productions.
In this Lear I’ve left on a bit of the closing remarks by the presenter since
the credit roll comes afterward. Please note in those remarks the ability via
stream to get up to 60 Globe productions. I do not have this capability in
any way.
Notes written December 17th, 2017