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King Lear (1975)

★ 0.0/10 120 min Drama United Kingdom English
Script Editor: Alan Shallcross
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top 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

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