King Lear
Episode 3 · 1953-10-18
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Episode overview
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.
Season 2 episodes
1. Glory in the Flower1953-10-04
2. The Battler1953-10-11
3. King Lear1953-10-18
4. The Golden Dress1953-10-25
6. Billy the Kid1953-11-08
7. The Raspberry Queen1953-11-15
8. Toine1953-11-22
9. The Horn Blows at Midnight1953-11-29
10. Capital of the World1953-12-06
11. The Nature of the Beast1953-12-13
12. Mom and Leo1953-12-20
13. The Sojourner1953-12-27
14. Nobody's Fool1954-01-03
15. The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl1954-01-10
16. The Duchess and the Smugs1954-01-17
17. Nothing So Monstrous1954-01-24
18. Sleeping Beauty in the Woods1954-01-31
19. The Confidential Clerk1954-02-14
20. A Time Out of War1954-02-21
21. Hilde and the Turnpike1954-02-28
22. The House1954-03-07
23. Three Sketches1954-03-14
24. Tell Me If It Hurts1954-03-21
25. The Apollo of Bellac1954-03-28
