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.
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2 - 1Glory in the Flower October 04, 1953 -
2 - 2The Battler October 11, 1953
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2 - 3King Lear October 18, 1953
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2 - 4The Golden Dress October 25, 1953
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2 - 6Billy the Kid November 08, 1953
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2 - 7The Raspberry Queen November 15, 1953
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2 - 8Toine November 22, 1953
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2 - 9The Horn Blows at Midnight November 29, 1953
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2 - 10Capital of the World December 06, 1953
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2 - 11The Nature of the Beast December 13, 1953
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2 - 12Mom and Leo December 20, 1953
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2 - 13The Sojourner December 27, 1953
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2 - 14Nobody's Fool January 03, 1954
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2 - 15The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl January 10, 1954
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2 - 16The Duchess and the Smugs January 17, 1954
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2 - 17Nothing So Monstrous January 24, 1954
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2 - 18Sleeping Beauty in the Woods January 31, 1954
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2 - 19The Confidential Clerk February 14, 1954
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2 - 20A Time Out of War February 21, 1954
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2 - 21Hilde and the Turnpike February 28, 1954
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2 - 22The House March 07, 1954
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2 - 23Three Sketches March 14, 1954
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2 - 24Tell Me If It Hurts March 21, 1954
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2 - 25The Apollo of Bellac March 28, 1954