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"the most definitive Shakespearean work in terms of any show-biz media" - Variety

Performed live on British television in 1953, this lean, low-budget version of William Shakespeare's classic condenses Peter Brook's stage production (starring Orson Welles in the title role) to 76 powerful minutes. The play retains its majesty, and Welles (a life-long devotee and actor/director of the Bard's work) is "every inch a king" as Lear. Micheál MacLiammóir (Iago in Welles’ Othello) appears as Poor Tom.
Directed By:
Andrew McCullough
Peter Brook
Starring:
Orson Welles
Natasha Parry
Arnold Moss
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Category: Movies
Duration: 1hr 16m
Country: United States
Language: English
From: koch
Released: 1953
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Goofs: Miscellaneous: Orson Welles reverses the wording of one line in Act IV, Scene vii. Instead of "You have some cause, they have not," Welles says, "They have some cause, you have not," which completely reverses the meaning of the line. ...
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