King Lear Movies & Media Adaptations

King Lear Media Adaptations

King Lear: An Introduction. BHE Education Ltd., Seabourne   Enterprinses Ltd., 1970.

Performances of key scenes, including brief narration. D1stributed by Phoenix/BFA Films. 28 minutes.

King Lear. Filmways, 1971.

Peter Brook's effort at updating the drama. Distributed by Nostalgia Family Video, Discount Video Tapes, Inc. 137 minutes.

King Lear. Cedric Messina; Dr. Jonathon Miller, BBC, 1982.

Part of the "Shakespeare Plays" series. Distributed by Ambrose Video Publishing. 185 minutes.

King Lear. Kultur, 1984.

Starring Laurence Olivier as King Lear. Distributed by Home Vision Cinema, Kultur Video, Facets Multimedia. 158 minutes.

King Lear. The Cannon Group, Inc.; Menahem Golan; Yoram Globus, 1987.

Unrated. A loose adaptation from Shakespeare's play. Stars Peter Sellers, Burgess Meredith, Molly Ringwald, Jean-Luc Godard, and Woody Allen. Distributed be Ingram International Films, Cannon Video. 91 minutes.

King Lear. Thames Television, 1988.

Made-for-British-TV presentation offering a highly...
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