King Lear - Paul Scofield - "Blow, Winds, and Crack Your Cheeks!" - Film - Peter Brook - 1971 - 4K
King Lear is a 1971 British film adaptation of the Shakespeare play directed by Peter Brook and starring Paul Scofield. Filmed in stark black-and-white, the film was inspired by the absurdist theatre of playwrights such as Samuel Beckett and upon release was noted for its bleak tone and wintry atmosphere.
Directed by Peter Brook
CAST
Paul Scofield as King Lear
Irene Worth as Goneril
Susan Engel as Regan
Anne-Lise Gabold as Cordelia
Jack MacGowran as Fool
Alan Webb as Gloucester
Robert Langdon Lloyd as Edgar (as Robert Lloyd)
Ian Hogg as Edmund
Tom Fleming as Kent
Cyril Cusack as Albany
Søren Elung Jensen as Duke of Burgundy
Patrick Magee as Cornwall
Barry Stanton as Oswald
Peter Brook’s version of King Lear was prompted by an essay by Polish critic Jan Kott titled “King Lear or Endgame”, where Katt writes that Shakespeare's play is a tragedy of the grotesque, “an ironic, clownish morality play, […] a mockery of all eschatologies: of the heaven promised on earth, and the heaven promised after death.” The film was shot in 16mm black-and-white and mostly made in the mid-winter dune country of the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark.
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Directed by Peter Brook
CAST
Paul Scofield as King Lear
Irene Worth as Goneril
Susan Engel as Regan
Anne-Lise Gabold as Cordelia
Jack MacGowran as Fool
Alan Webb as Gloucester
Robert Langdon Lloyd as Edgar (as Robert Lloyd)
Ian Hogg as Edmund
Tom Fleming as Kent
Cyril Cusack as Albany
Søren Elung Jensen as Duke of Burgundy
Patrick Magee as Cornwall
Barry Stanton as Oswald
Peter Brook’s version of King Lear was prompted by an essay by Polish critic Jan Kott titled “King Lear or Endgame”, where Katt writes that Shakespeare's play is a tragedy of the grotesque, “an ironic, clownish morality play, […] a mockery of all eschatologies: of the heaven promised on earth, and the heaven promised after death.” The film was shot in 16mm black-and-white and mostly made in the mid-winter dune country of the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark.
This recording is for educational purposes only and is covered under Fair Use doctrine - Copyright - All rights reserved to their respective owners.
AUDIO / IMAGE HD Restoration - Sources and/or Archive copies quality used for this restoration: good.
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