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| Availability Label | Location | Shelfmark | Availability | Reservations |
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Calvin Park Branch | DVD 822.33 King | On loan until: 13/May/25 |
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| Title Statement | King Lear: the historic Omnibus production / [DVD] : Robert Saudek Associates ; producer, Fred Rickey ; director, Andrew McCullough. |
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| Alternative Title(s) | Archive of American Television presents King Lear |
| Additional Contributors | McCullough, Andrew |
| Shakespeare, William,1564-1616 | |
| Brook, Peter,1925- | |
| Welles, Orson,1915-1985 | |
| Parry, Natasha | |
| Moss, Arnold,1910-1989 | |
| Publication | Port Washington, NY: Distributed by E1 Entertainment, [2010] |
| Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (82 min.) |
| ISBN | 1417232870 (v.r.) 9781417232871 (v.r.) |
| Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 741952675396 |
| Other Number | 2069125 |
| General Notes | DVD. Disc label title. At head of container title: The Archive of American Television presents. Written by William Shakespeare. Standard version. Special features include: backstage preview, Dr. Frank Baxter on the Globe Theatre, Alistair Cooke live remote from the Yale Shakespeare Festival, Walter Kerr on staging Shakespeare. |
| Production Credits | Production designer, Henry May ; music, Virgil Thomson ; staged by Peter Brook. |
| Performance Credits | Orson Welles, Natasha Parry, Arnold Moss, Bramwell Fletcher, David J. Stewart ; Alistair Cooke, host. |
| Languages | SDH (Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) |
| System Details | DVD mono. |
| Terms of Use | For private home use only. |
| Summary | A beleaguered king is betrayed by the greed of his daughters. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Lear, King (Legendary character)--Drama |
| Inheritance and succession--Drama | |
| Fathers and daughters--Drama | |
| Kings and rulers--Drama | |
| Aging parents--Drama | |
| Britons--Drama | |
| By Genre | Filmed plays |
| Live television programs | |
| Films for the hearing impaired | |
