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    King Lear

    120'

    1975-03-23

    10

    Drama

    Overview:

    King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.

    DirectingJonathan MillerWritingAlan Shallcross

    Cast

    2

    King Lear

    Michael Hordern

    1

    Goneril

    Sarah Badel

    3

    Regan

    Penelope Wilton

    1

    Cordelia

    Angela Down

    1

    Fool

    Frank Middlemass

    1

    Earl of Gloucester

    Anthony Nicholls

    1

    Edmund

    Michael Jayston

    2

    Edgar

    Ronald Pickup

    1

    Earl of Kent

    Ewan Hooper

    1

    Duke of Albany

    Benjamin Whitrow

    1

    Duke of Cornwall

    John Shrapnel

    1

    Oswald

    Donald Gee

    1

    Duke of Burgundy

    David Horovitch

    1

    King of France

    David Neal

    1

    Old Man

    George Merritt

    1

    First Servant

    Mike Hayward

    1

    Second Servant

    Roger Elliott

    1

    Third Servant

    Geoffrey Collins

    1

    Gentleman / Attendanton Cordelia

    David Kincaid

    1

    Doctor

    Leslie Glazer

    1

    Captain

    Paul Haley

    1

    Herald

    David Sinclair

    1

    First Officer

    Alec Sabin

    1

    Second Officer

    Terry Wright

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United Kingdom
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. BBC
    • Vote Count: 1
    • Popularity: 0.6695
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:King Lear

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