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Starring:
Orson Welles
Alan Badel
Beatrice Straight
Bramwell Fletcher
Scott Forbes
Natasha Perry
Arnold Moss
Studio: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), Omnibus Productions
Filmed: 1953 - Released: 1953
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King Lear will be presented as part of the Craiova International Shakespeare Festival in Craiova, Romania.
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The parable about foolish human pride, the delusion of self-importance, the danger of rejection, as well as acceptance of responsibility and decay of a seemingly stable world, cannot perhaps be more poignantly wrought than in Reimann’s opera.
The Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival (PBSF) celebrates its 35th Anniversary of Shakespeare by the Sea with a magical, “snowy” production of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.
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