Shakespeare in Performance: Film
The Big Show (1961, James B. Clark)
| Title | The Big Show |
|---|---|
| Year | 1961 |
| Release Locations | Germany USA |
| Director | James B. Clark |
| Medium | Color video |
| Length | 1 hrs, 53 mins |
| Languages | English |
| Audience | general public |
| Play Connections | King Lear (derivative) |
Description
Another "spinoff" from King Lear with much closer links to the Gloucester subplot than to the main plot. As with Broken Lance there is a tale of loyal and disloyal sons and a betrayed father, only this time the setting is not the Wild West but a circus
Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography by Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. ©1990 Kenneth S. Rothwell. Cited by permission. — Added 2008-11-14
Cast Overview
| Cast | Pierre Alizee |
|---|---|
| Frederick | Franco Andrei |
| Vizzini | Peter Capell |
| Garda | Carol Christensen |
| Carlotta | Margia Dean |
| Cast | Philo Hanser |
| Cast | Munich Krone |
| Teresa | Renata Mannhardt |
| Eric | David Nelson |
| Cast | Jacques Nicolet |
| Hans | Kurt Pecher |
| Bruno | Nehemiah Persoff |
| Josef | Cliff Robertson |
| Cast | Stephen Schnabel |
| Cast | Gerhard Stapper |
| Cast | Marlies Tanz |
| Cast | Mariza Tomic |
| Klaus | Robert Vaughn |
| Cast | Gerd Vesperman |
| Hillary | Esther Williams |
| Cast | Carleton Young |
Production Team and Crew Overview
Company Overview
| Playgroup | Doris Arndt and the Ice Bears |
|---|---|
| Playgroup | The Rudolph Stey High Wire Troupe |
| Playgroup | The Wandruscka Family and Animals of Circus Krone |
| Choreography | Circus Krone, Munich |
Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell