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Christopher Plummer on the Different Versions of King Lear

Christopher Plummer speaks with historian Tanya Pollard on a different ending of King Lear

01/30/2015 | Rating NR

Shakespeare Uncovered

Christopher Plummer on the Different Versions of King Lear

Clip: Season 2 Episode 2 | 2m 12s

Christopher Plummer speaks with historian Tanya Pollard on a different ending of King Lear

For nearly 150 years, Shakespeare’s Lear vanished from the stage and in its place audiences saw a version with a happy ending. Christopher Plummer speaks with theatre historian Tanya Pollard on a different ending of King Lear. In a script by Nahum Tate, Cordelia and Lear are rescued by Edgar and they all live happily ever after.

01/30/2015 | Rating NR

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