Talking Lear

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Talking Lear episodes

May 30, 2014 In conversation: Sam Mendes
he film and stage director talks talks to Mark Leipacher about his acclaimed production of King Lear, working with Simon Russell Beale and his career.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from May 2014.
37 min
April 30, 2014 King Lear: An Imperfect Mind - audio
Psychoanalyst, Mike Brearley, and academic, Laurie Maguire, discuss Shakespeare’s understanding of the complexities of the human mind, as seen in King Lear. This event was chaired by Michael Billington.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from March 2013.
38 min
April 25, 2014 In conversation: The Fool and Kent - video
Adrian Scarborough and Stanley Townsend talk to Fiona Mountford about Sam Mendes' 2014 production of King Lear.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from March 2014.
42 min
April 25, 2014 In conversation: The Fool and Kent - audio
Adrian Scarborough and Stanley Townsend talk to Fiona Mountford about Sam Mendes' 2014 production of King Lear.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from March 2014.
42 min
February 28, 2014 In conversation: Simon Russell Beale on King Lear - video
Simon Russell Beale talks to Mark Leipacher about the National Theatre's current production of King Lear directed by Sam Mendes.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from February 2013.
57 min
February 17, 2014 In conversation: Simon Russell Beale on King Lear - audio
Simon Russell Beale talks to Mark Leipacher about the National Theatre's current production of King Lear directed by Sam Mendes.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from February 2013.
57 min
February 10, 2014 In conversation: Gloucester, Edmund and Edgar - video
Stephen Boxer (Gloucester), Sam Troughton (Edmund) and Tom Brooke (Edgar) talk to Mark Leipacher about the National Theatre's current production of King Lear directed by Sam Mendes.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from February 2013.
42 min
February 10, 2014 In conversation: Gloucester, Edmund and Edgar - audio
Stephen Boxer (Gloucester), Sam Troughton (Edmund) and Tom Brooke (Edgar) talk to Mark Leipacher about the National Theatre's current production of King Lear directed by Sam Mendes.
This is a recording of a live Platform event from February 2013.
42 min
February 03, 2014 In conversation: Goneril, Regan and Cordelia - video
In the first event of the Platform series Kate Fleetwood (Goneril), Anna Maxwell Martin (Regan) and Olivia Vinall (Cordelia) discuss their characters, working with Sam Mendes and their first experiences of King Lear.
36 min
February 03, 2014 In conversation: Goneril, Regan and Cordelia - audio
In the first event of the Platform series Kate Fleetwood (Goneril), Anna Maxwell Martin (Regan) and Olivia Vinall (Cordelia) discuss their characters, working with Sam Mendes and their first experiences of King Lear.
36 min