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Synopsis
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.
Booknews
A study of eight stage and screen productions since 1940, representing the work of Peter Brook, Paul Scofield, Peter Ustinov, Adrian Noble, Lawrence Olivier, and others. Artistic and technical aspects are interspersed with anecdotes, personality interactions, and the critical and popular receptions. The eighth in a continuing series. Distributed by St. Martin's. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)