Shakespeare "King Lear"- (1997 TV-Ian Holm), Act 1, scene 1

from end of Regan's speech of love to her father to Lear's exit at end of scene. here is one link for all the excerpts uploaded of the Holm "Lear": www.youtube.com Ian Holm ... Lear Barbara Flynn ... Goneril Amanda Redman ... Regan Victoria Hamilton ... Cordelia David Burke ... Kent Timothy West ... Gloucester Adrian Irvine ... France Nicholas R. Bailey ... Burgundy Holm has been acting professionally since joining the Royal Shakespeare Company as a spear-carrier in 1954. He was a young 66 when he filmed this "Lear". from an interview: Was Lear a difficult role for you? Difficult physically, because you expend an enormous amount of energy. But mentally, it is not a difficult journey compared, say, to Antony in Antony and Cleopatra. The verse structure helps you enormously. You get carried along by it. Back to the beginning of the play: What is Lear's motivation for the who-loves-me-most contest? Is he being serious? Is he capricious? He's all of those things. You're quite right to take the beginning of the play, because the first scene is unquestionably pivotal in the action. As Gloucester says, "All this done upon the gad," which means in the instant. You start out with a nice family meeting. He's removing his crown, he's going to divide the kingdom among his daughters, and they're going to play the game. Goneril and Regan saying, "Oh God, here we go again. Yes, we love you, we love you, we love you." Then this silly little shit Cordelia -- forgive me -- says, "No <b>...</b>
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