King Lear (Original title)
Date: 21 March 1998 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Richard Eyre
Synopsis: Richard 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.
Genre: Drama
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 21 March 1998Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:00-23:20Runtime: 81 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound - Stereo
Title: Shakespeare on Film: Three Recent Shakespeare Productions...Author: COURSEN, H.R. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Discussion of the distinction between "metaphoric" and "metonymic" styles of production with regard to Richard Eyre's KING LEAR, Nicholas Hytner's TWELFTH NIGHT and the NBC TEMPEST. Article title ends "...on Television".
In: Screen International n1137 05 Dec 1997 Page: 37
Title: International productionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 138.09 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1998-03-21BFI identifier: C-980606
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: DVDLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1445951
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(6)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 138.09 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1998-03-21BFI identifier: C-980545
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 138.09 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1998-03-21BFI identifier: C-980606
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 138.09 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1390131
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: DVDLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1445951
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-231228
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-231335
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Date: 21 March 1998 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Richard Eyre
Synopsis: Richard 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.
Genre: Drama
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 21 March 1998Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:00-23:20Runtime: 81 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound - Stereo
Credits
(14)
Production Company: Chestermead Productions, Production Company: BBC Films, Production Company: WGBH (Boston), Commissioning Company: BBC, Executive Producer (BBC): Simon Curtis, Executive Producer (WGBH/Boston): Rebecca Eaton, Producer: Sue Birtwistle, Co-producer: Joy Spink, Author of the Original Work: William Shakespeare, Director of Photography: Roger Pratt, Production Designer: Bob Crowley, Sound: John Pritchard, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
(18)
Ian Holm (King Lear), Timothy West (Gloucester), Barbara Flynn (Goneril), Amanda Redman (Regan), Michael Bryant (Fool), David Burke (Kent), Paul Rhys (Edgar), Finbar Lynch (Edmund), Victoria Hamilton (Cordelia), David Lyon (Albany), Michael Simkins (Cornwall), William Osborne (Oswald), Harry Jones (old man), Adrian Irvine (France), Nicholas Bailey (Burgundy), Martin Chamberlain (Lear's knight), Paul Benzing (captain), James Kerr (messenger)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(2)
In: Shakespeare Bulletin v17 n4 Autumn 1999 Pages: 33-35Title: Shakespeare on Film: Three Recent Shakespeare Productions...Author: COURSEN, H.R. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Discussion of the distinction between "metaphoric" and "metonymic" styles of production with regard to Richard Eyre's KING LEAR, Nicholas Hytner's TWELFTH NIGHT and the NBC TEMPEST. Article title ends "...on Television".
In: Screen International n1137 05 Dec 1997 Page: 37
Title: International productionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 138.09 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1998-03-21BFI identifier: C-980606
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: DVDLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1445951
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(6)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 138.09 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1998-03-21BFI identifier: C-980545
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 138.09 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1998-03-21BFI identifier: C-980606
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 138.09 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1390131
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: DVDLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1445951
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-231228
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-231335
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape