Archives for August 5, 2015

Orson Welles stars in an excerpt from an abridged performance of King Lear that was originally telecast live on Omnibus on October 18, 1953. The production was directed by Peter Brook. The incidental music is by Virgil Thomson. The telecast was Welles’ TV debut:

(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.)

“My work upheld me, for I had chosen to do what I could do well, did better daily, and liked doing.”

Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited (revised edition of 1959)