Omnibus - Season 2 Episode 3 King Lear
King Lear is a 1953 live television adaptation of the Shakespeare play with stage direction by Peter Brook and starring Orson Welles. It was aired on CBS as part of the U.S. television series Omnibus, and preserved on kinescope.
A heavily abridged version of the play, this production condensed the play by eliminating the Edgar-Edmund subplot.
Welles returned to America to star in this presentation. He was guarded by IRS agents, prohibited to leave his hotel room when not at the studio, prevented from making any purchases, and the entire sum he earned went to his tax bill. Welles returned to England after the broadcast.
The cast included Micheál Mac Liammóir and the British actor Alan Badel. It was hosted by Alistair Cooke.
Year: 1961
Genre: Talk
Country: United States of America, Italy, Spain
Director: Robert Saudek
Cast: Alistair Cooke
Crew: Robert Saudek (Producer)
First Air Date: Nov 09, 1952
Last Air date: Apr 16, 1961
Season: 8 Season
Episode: 130 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 6.00/10 by 2.00 users
Popularity: 25.434
Language: English, Italian
Keyword : educational
Episode
Glory in the Flower
The Battler
King Lear
The Golden Dress
Billy the Kid
The Raspberry Queen
Toine
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Capital of the World
The Nature of the Beast
Mom and Leo
The Sojourner
Nobody's Fool
The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl
The Duchess and the Smugs
Nothing So Monstrous
Sleeping Beauty in the Woods
The Confidential Clerk
A Time Out of War
Hilde and the Turnpike
The House
Three Sketches
Tell Me If It Hurts
The Apollo of Bellac
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