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King Lear
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.
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Cast
Michael HordernKing Lear
Sarah BadelGoneril
Penelope WiltonRegan
Angela DownCordelia
Frank MiddlemassFool
Anthony NichollsEarl of Gloucester
Michael JaystonEdmund
Ronald PickupEdgar
Ewan HooperEarl of Kent
Benjamin WhitrowDuke of Albany
John ShrapnelDuke of Cornwall
Donald GeeOswald
David HorovitchDuke of Burgundy
David NealKing of France
Details
- Director
- Jonathan Miller
- Writers
- Alan Shallcross
- Release date
- March 23, 1975
- Runtime
- 2h
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- BBC
