King Lear

King Lear (1975)

Drama

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.

  • Release Date: 1975-03-23
  • Runtime: 2h 0min
  • Director: Jonathan Miller

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Cast

  • Michael Hordern

    King Lear

  • Sarah Badel

    Goneril

  • Penelope Wilton

    Regan

  • Angela Down

    Cordelia

  • Frank Middlemass

    Fool

  • Anthony Nicholls

    Earl of Gloucester

  • Michael Jayston

    Edmund

  • Ronald Pickup

    Edgar

  • Ewan Hooper

    Earl of Kent

  • Benjamin Whitrow

    Duke of Albany

  • John Shrapnel

    Duke of Cornwall

  • Donald Gee

    Oswald

  • David Horovitch

    Duke of Burgundy

  • David Neal

    King of France

  • George Merritt

    Old Man

  • Mike Hayward

    First Servant

  • Roger Elliott

    Second Servant

  • Geoffrey Collins

    Third Servant

  • David Kincaid

    Gentleman / Attendanton Cordelia

  • Leslie Glazer

    Doctor

  • Paul Haley

    Captain

  • David Sinclair

    Herald

  • Alec Sabin

    First Officer

  • Terry Wright

    Second Officer

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