King Lear(1975)

NR

2h

  • 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.

Cast

  • Michael Hordern

    Michael Hordern

    King Lear

  • Sarah Badel

    Sarah Badel

    Goneril

  • Penelope Wilton

    Penelope Wilton

    Regan

  • Angela Down

    Angela Down

    Cordelia

  • Frank Middlemass

    Frank Middlemass

    Fool

  • Anthony Nicholls

    Anthony Nicholls

    Earl of Gloucester

  • Michael Jayston

    Michael Jayston

    Edmund

  • Ronald Pickup

    Ronald Pickup

    Edgar

  • Ewan Hooper

    Ewan Hooper

    Earl of Kent

  • Benjamin Whitrow

    Benjamin Whitrow

    Duke of Albany

  • John Shrapnel

    John Shrapnel

    Duke of Cornwall

  • Donald Gee

    Donald Gee

    Oswald

  • David Horovitch

    David Horovitch

    Duke of Burgundy

  • David Neal

    David Neal

    King of France

  • George Merritt

    George Merritt

    Old Man

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    Status

    Released (Mar 23, 1975)