King Lear

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title King Lear
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Alexander Leggatt
SeriesShakespeare in Performance
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
ISBN/Barcode 9780719062254
ClassificationsDewey:822.33
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Edition 2nd edition
Illustrations Illustrations, black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 26 August 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This updated and expanded analysis of King Lear in performance includes new chapters on the television version of the Royal National Theatre production directed by Richard Eyre and starring Ian Holm; and on Akira Kurosawa's 'Ran'. Earlier chapters provide close, detailed analyses of the stage, film and television interpretations of John Gielgud, Harley Granville Barker, Paul Scofield, Peter Brook, Peter Ustinov, Michael Gambon, Adrian Noble, Grigori Kozintsev, Michael Hordern, Jonathan Miller, Laurence Olivier and Michael Elliott. By examining such issues as the playing of Lear, the staging of the storm and the battle, and the choice of historical period, this book shows how interpretation and performance are bound together, and how the play is transformed through different historical and political contexts. This will be essential reading for students in English, drama or film at any level, theatregoers, and anyone involved in productions of the play. -- .

Author Biography

Alexander Leggatt is Professor of English at University College, University of Toronto -- .