SHAKSPER 2001: Re: Stewart to do TV Texas "Lear"

From: Hardy M. Cook (editor@ws.bowiestate.edu)
Date: 03/21/01 

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 12.0692  Wednesday, 21 March 2001

From:           Paul E. Doniger <pdoniger@snet.net>
Date:           Tuesday 20 Mar 2001 20:04:23 -0800
Subject: Stewart to do TV Texas "Lear"
Comment:        SHK 12.0661 Stewart to do TV Texas "Lear"

While I applaud the idea of Stewart as Lear, and the idea of another
film of Lear, the 'Wild West' concept isn't so new. There's a 1954
Spencer Tracy film called _Broken Lance_ which is loosely based on Lear.

Paul E. Doniger


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