Talking Lear

In conversation: Sam Mendes

2014-05-3036:50

The 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.

King Lear: An Imperfect Mind - audio

2014-04-3037:112

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.

In conversation: The Fool and Kent - video

2014-04-2541:42

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.

In conversation: The Fool and Kent - audio

2014-04-2541:37

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.

In conversation: Simon Russell Beale on King Lear - video

2014-02-2856:59

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.

In conversation: Simon Russell Beale on King Lear - audio

2014-02-1756:56

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.

In conversation: Gloucester, Edmund and Edgar - video

2014-02-1041:05

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.

In conversation: Gloucester, Edmund and Edgar - audio

2014-02-1041:01

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.

In conversation: Goneril, Regan and Cordelia - video

2014-02-0336:00

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.

In conversation: Goneril, Regan and Cordelia - audio

2014-02-0336:00

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.

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