Shakespeare In Perspective | King Lear
King Lear
In his personal view, Professor Frank Kermode suggests that 'one purpose of tragedy may be to make us look steadily at things we prefer not to think about, death, of course, and the way the world works'.
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Licence: ERA Licence required
- Type: Factual, Plays
- Channel: BBC Two
- Duration: 24'01''
- Broadcast date: 1982
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
King Lear (2018)
King Lear divides his kingdom with tragic consequences, as chaos descends on family and state (contains some violence and some upsetting scenes).
Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
Comedian Tony Hancock performing in sketches at the Royal Festival Hall, London. In one sketch Hancock appears as Lear with Joe Ritchie as the Fool, both in cod Elizabethan costume (mid-way through the routine they swap roles and then back again). Lear attempts a comic delivery of part of Lear’s speech in Act 3 Scene 2 ‘Blow winds and crack your cheeks’ (Hancock actually announces Act 2 Scene 2).