Information
- BFI identifier495503
- Date1998-03-21 (Television)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisRichard Eyre's film version of his award-winning Royal National Theatre production. After disinheriting the youngest of his three daughters because she refuses to pander to his desire for flattery, King Lear suffers the torments of rage, humiliation and madness at the hands of his two eldest daughters before arriving at a painful self-knowledge. (Synopsis) Studio-based filmed version of the Royal National Theatre production of Shakespeare's play. (Synopsis)
- Genre
- CreditsDirector: Richard Eyre
Production Company: Chestermead Productions
Production Company: BBC Films
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Title
King Lear (Original)
Category
Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
- ArticlesShakespeare Bulletin v17 n4 Autumn 1999 - ArticleScreen International n1137 05 Dec 1997 - Credits, Prod. Detailsview all
- Performance
Series Work - 779789
United Kingdom - TV - Fiction
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