Christopher Plummer on the Different Versions of King Lear
Clip: Season 2 Episode 2 | 2m 12s
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.
Aired: 01/30/15
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