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King Lear / by William Shakespeare ; Granada Television; directed by Michael Elliott.
LIBRA DVD 011 228
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- English drama.
- English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan.
- English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--Film adaptations.
- Lear, King of England (Legendary character)--Drama.
- Lear.
- Lear, King of England (Legendary character).
- Fathers and daughters--Drama.
- Fathers and daughters.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Title on container : Laurence Olivier as King Lear
- Place of Publication:
- West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [1999]
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Shakespeare's plays in which tragedy occurs when an old king divides his kingdom among his daughters.
- Participant:
- Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Anna Calder-Marshall, John Hurt.
- Credits:
- Editors, D.L. Heyes, Ron Swain ; executive producer, David Plowright ; music, Gordon Crosse.
- Notes:
- Originally produced for television by Grenada Television International in 1984.
- Special features include character descriptions, plot summary, scene-by-scene outline, William Shakespeare biography, Laurence Olivier biography and filmography.
- ISBN:
- 0769712231
- OCLC:
- 43943980
- Publisher Number:
- D1223 Kultur
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