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Laurence Olivier's Lear

Michael Elliot on directing Laurence Olivier in King Lear for British television

Programme includes: Michael Elliot on directing Laurence Olivier in Shakespeare's King Lear for British television, plus excerpts: Hans-Jurgen Syberberg's film of Wagner's opera Parsifal: the English translation of Mexican author Jorge Ibarguengoitia's novel The Dead Girls. Presented by Humphrey Carpenter.

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28 minutes

大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project