King Lear with Christopher Plummer

The Different Versions of King Lear

Name: Christopher Plummer on the Different Versions of King Lear
Uploaded: 2015-01-30T21:00:00+00:00
Duration: 2 min 12 s
Description: 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.

Premiere date: January 30, 2015 | 0:02:12

For nearly 150 years, Shakespeare’s King 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 about 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.