Shakespeare "King Lear"- (L. Olivier): Glouchester blinded
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Uploaded by ShakespeareAndMore on Jun 22, 2007
Shakespeare "King Lear"- Laurence Olivier, Act 1, iv and v....Lear loses his senses, falls asleep, Glouchester (Leo McKern) warns his train to depart forthwith, and the fool stays to face his fate.
Regan (an fine ice-cold Diana Rigg) kills and then Glouchester is blinded, shoved out in the storm
John Hurt ... The Fool
Laurence Olivier ... King Lear
Colin Blakely ... Kent
Dorothy Tutin ... Goneril
Robert Lang ... Albany
Diana Rigg ... Regan
Jeremy Kemp ... Cornwall
Leo McKern ... Gloucester
Director: Michael Elliott
Shakespeare's "King Lear" (filmed 1983 for TV)
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Leo McKern has a glass eye; I was half-hoping they would use that in the blinding scene.
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This is the best version of King Lear that I have seen yet, hopefully it will help me on the quizz tomorrow-thanks!
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I was casted as glouchester in a production, this is the biggest role I have had so far! I can't wait!
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*chuckle* So young and`untender, but not so true.
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Diana Rigg is absolutely terrifying as Regan - that last look she gives her husband!
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So young and so untender is Regan!
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@rusbc Goneril isn't a symbol of female power, she's a justification for misogyny. God, what an villainous character.
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go servant! That guy isn't even a main character.
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That's Regan. Know your Shakespeare
musicaldudepeter 3 years ago 14
out vile jelly!!!
vos360 3 years ago 2