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King Lear
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KING LEAR
Filmed in 1998, this adroit BBC/WGBH-Boston production of William Shakespeares King Lear is of particular note for preserving Ian Holms celebrated stage performance in the title role. Stellar interpreters of Lear havent always been so fortunate. Laurence Olivier was frail and in ill health by the time he was brought before the cameras for a 1984 television adaptation. Paul Scofield was in prime form for the 1971 film version, but his powerful acting was undermined by Peter Brooks dreary stylized direction. Orson Welles fell victim to televisions infancy in 1953 when he played Lear in an absurdly truncated 73-minute teleplaycomplete with boom-mike shadows and wobbly cardboard setscoincidentally directed by a much younger Peter Brook. When asked about the severely chopped-down script, Welles replied at the time: The central story will still be there.
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