Shakespeare "King Lear"- Laurence Olivier: Act 2, scene 2

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what a chilling Regan in Diana Rigg! It is scene 4 in many editions
go here to see a young Diana Rigg in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from 1968: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRoIxwGsBR0 John Hurt ... The Fool Laurence Olivier ... King Lear Diana Rigg ... Regan Colin Blakely ... Kent Dorothy Tutin ... Goneril Jeremy Kemp ... Cornwall Leo McKern ... G
loucester Act II, scene 2, lines 281 to end (Arden edition) Director: Michael Elliott Shakespeare's "King Lear" (filmed 1983 for TV)

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absolutely wonderful ( 1 year ago by puckettina)

absolutely wonderful

please , act 1, ... ( 1 year ago by cokmuonemlii)

please , act 1, scene 1..............

Laurence Olivier is ... ( 1 year ago by MyTubeIsYourTube)

Laurence Olivier is a genius!

this thing is in ... ( 1 year ago by MCRmauricionvp)

this thing is in the beatles song I am the Walrus =p

HUH? ( 1 year ago by Xmenfan246)

HUH?

When The Beatles ... ( 11 months ago by ManfredDeJesus)

When The Beatles were recording I Am The Walrus, they turned on the radio (the BBC) which happened to be playing a performance of King Lear, which they recorded and put in the song, towards the end of the song you can hear "I know thee well, a servicable villain, as duteous to the vices of thy mistress as badness would desire"

You can hear this ... ( 11 months ago by Xmenfan246)

You can hear this on the song?

Well yeah the bit ... ( 11 months ago by ManfredDeJesus)

Well yeah the bit that I quoted you can hear clearly. The song actually ends with "Sit you down father, rest you"

Nothing can hurt ... ( 11 months ago by LindaLaCagnina)

Nothing can hurt more than realizing that your children have betrayed you. Shakespeare was a man for all times. He got it!

Like my mother says ... ( 10 months ago by Cr3ativity)

Like my mother says: "When you're a baby you're so cute and harmless, but when you grow up, you gain character and become a beast."

I believe that this ... ( 8 months ago by TheEpoque)

I believe that this isn't from Act 2 Scene 2 but rather from Act 2 Scene 4 starting at line 88 and running until the end of the scene.

Sir Laurence ... ( 8 months ago by ekateri28)

Sir Laurence Olivier is GOD

All hail ... ( 8 months ago by Jitpring)

All hail Shakespeare! All hail Shakespeare!! All hail Shakespeare!!!

No. God is God. But ... ( 7 months ago by Jitpring)

No. God is God. But Olivier was indeed wonderful.

Even more ... ( 6 months ago by PonyExpressNYC)

Even more coincidental - Leo McKern, who plays Gloucester here, played the villain in The Beatles' film Help - YouTube it and you'll see him in 1965, bald and clean-shaven.

Its true. ( 3 months ago by ExMachine)

Its true.

Here's some ... ( 1 month ago by MissyHolland)

Here's some interesting background: back
in the 50's Olivier and Dorothy Tutin
('Gonreil' here) had a two year romance!
He did not name her in his autobiography
(Only saying 'a young actress') but his
other biographers were less reticent!! LOL

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