King Lear (1916 film) explained
King Lear is a 1916 silent film based on the 1606 play, directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring his father, the noted stage actor Frederick Warde.[1] The film is one of a spate of Shakespearean films produced at the time to coincide with the 300th anniversary celebrations of William Shakespeare's death.[2]
Cast
- Frederick Warde as King Lear[3]
- Ernest Warde as The King's Fool
- Ina Hammer as Goneril
- Wayne Arey as The Duke of Albany
- Edith Diestal as Regan
- Charles Brooks as The Duke of Cornwall
- Lorraine Huling as Cordelia
- J.H. Gilmour as The Earl of Kent
- Boyd Marshall as The King of France
- Hector Dion as Edmund
- Edwin Stanley as Edgar
- Robert Whittier as Oswald
Plot
The synopsis provided by the studio in The Moving Picture World was:[4]
Preservation status
King Lear survives and was preserved by George Eastman House. It can be found on home video and or DVD.[5] [6]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: King Lear . AFI . American Film Institute . 2 October 2017.
- Book: Ball
, Robert Hamilton
. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History . . Routledge Library Editions: Film and Literature . 1 . 2013 . first published 1968 . 235, 241 . 9781134980840 .
- News: 11 November 1916 . Cast of Well-Known Players Will be Seen in Thanhouser's "King Lear". Motion Picture News . 14 . 19 . 2972 . New York . Motion Picture News, Inc. . Internet Archive.
- News: 23 December 1916 . King Lear, (Gold Rooster—Five Parts—Dec. 17). The Moving Picture World . 30 . 12 . 1866 . New York . Internet Archive.
- Web site: King Lear . 1 May 2017 . American Silent Feature Film Survival Database . Library of Congress . 2 October 2017.
- Web site: King Lear . Bennett . Carl . 20 October 2013 . Silent Era . 2 October 2017.
