King Lear asks his daughter's to express their love for him.
Edmund's anger over his treatment for being illegitimate.
Michael Buffong and Don Warrington discuss the performance and direction of Shakespeare's King Lear.
In 1606, Shakespeare was writing for a royal family hungry for new entertainment while the threats of plague, ins...
An outbreak of the plague threatens the livelihood of Shakespeare when the theatres are closed.
Religious tensions come to the fore, aided by the king's insistence on an oath of allegiance.
King James's quest for the union of England and Scotland is not easily resolved.
The impact of the Gunpowder Plot of late 1605 has implications for contemporary playwrights.
King Lear divides his kingdom with tragic consequences, as chaos descends on family and state (contains some violence and some upsetting scenes).
Comedian Tony Hancock performing in sketches at the Royal Festival Hall, London. In one sketch Hancock appears as Lear with Joe Ritchie as...
The second part of a 1982 BBC production of Shakespeare's classic play. This was broadcast as part of the 37-play ...
The first part of a 1982 BBC production of Shakespeare's classic play. This was broadcast as part of the 37-play BBC Television S...
The second part of a radio adaptation of the play King Lear, produced by John Tydeman. The special effects were performed by the BBC R...
Omnibus visit Robert Stephens at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford where he received rapturous reviews for his portrayal of King Lear. T...
The first part of a radio adaptation of the play King Lear, produced by John Tydeman. The special effects were performed by the BBC Radiophonic Works...
A BBC production of Shakespeare's King Lear, broadcast as part of the Play of the Month drama strand.
A documentary about King Lear, and how Shakespeare took a well known fairy tale and turned it into a dark play about family relationships.
The first of four new productions as part of Radio 3's on-going Shakespeare series, introduced by Richard Eyre. This tragic story of the conseque...
The film version of Shakespeare's King Lear, which was first produced at the National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre, directed by Richard Eyre.
Stage to screen film with specially shot introduction of the Talawa Royal Exchange co-production of King Lear directed for the stage by Michael Buffong (Art...
The third and final part of a production of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy play, adapted for radio.
Arts documentary paying tribute to the late actor Paul Scofield, including extracts from his most famous performances. The film features extracts from...
The second part of a production of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy play, adapted for radio.
A radio production of Shakespeare's play King Lear, co-produced by the Renaissance Theatre Company and BBC Radio 3. This was produced in celebration...
The first part of a production of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy play, adapted for radio.
The actor Tony Church, who played the role of Lear for the Royal Shakespeare Company In 1974-5, gives his personal view of the play and i...
In his personal view, Professor Frank Kermode suggests that 'one purpose of tragedy may be to make us look steadily at things we prefe...
With five major productions of Shakespeare's King Lear taking place across 2016, this film looks at why Lear resonates so deeply with ...
The truncated thespians perform a fifteen-second King Lear, Othello Rap and Scottish Highland Discs.
Preti Taneja considers Shakespeare's King Lear as a lens through wh...
Melvyn Bragg is joined by Jonathan Bate, Catherine Belsey and Katherine Duncan-Jones to examine Shakespeare's tragedy, King Lear; how its themes of rule a...
Shakespeare's great tragedy headed by Ian McDiarmid as Lear and Bill Paterson as Gloucester. When better than now to make a drama about 'the division ...
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