Omnibus Season 2 King Lear 1953
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King Lear is a 1953 live television adaptation of the Shakespeare play with stage direction by Peter Brook and starring Orson Welles. It was aired on CBS as part of the U.S. television series Omnibus, and preserved on kinescope. A heavily abridged version of the play, this production condensed the play by eliminating the Edgar-Edmund subplot. Welles returned to America to star in this presentation. He was guarded by IRS agents, prohibited to leave his hotel room when not at the studio, prevented from making any purchases, and the entire sum he earned went to his tax bill. Welles returned to England after the broadcast. The cast included Micheál Mac Liammóir and the British actor Alan Badel. It was hosted by Alistair Cooke.
- Released: 1953-10-18
- Runtime: 30 minutes
- Genre: Talk
- Stars: Alistair Cooke
- Director: Robert Saudek
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1. Glory in the Flower 1953-10-04
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2. The Battler 1953-10-11
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3. King Lear 1953-10-18
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4. The Golden Dress 1953-10-25
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6. Billy the Kid 1953-11-08
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7. The Raspberry Queen 1953-11-15
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9. The Horn Blows at Midnight 1953-11-29
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10. Capital of the World 1953-12-06
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11. The Nature of the Beast 1953-12-13
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12. Mom and Leo 1953-12-20
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13. The Sojourner 1953-12-27
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14. Nobody's Fool 1954-01-03
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15. The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl 1954-01-10
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16. The Duchess and the Smugs 1954-01-17
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17. Nothing So Monstrous 1954-01-24
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18. Sleeping Beauty in the Woods 1954-01-31
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19. The Confidential Clerk 1954-02-14
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20. A Time Out of War 1954-02-21
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21. Hilde and the Turnpike 1954-02-28
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22. The House 1954-03-07
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23. Three Sketches 1954-03-14
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24. Tell Me If It Hurts 1954-03-21
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25. The Apollo of Bellac 1954-03-28
