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King Lear (1970)

PG-13 ★ 6.3/10 137 min Drama Denmark, United Kingdom English
Director: Peter Brook
Writer: Peter Brook
Theatre Play: William Shakespeare
Streaming: Not available

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King Lear is a proud man who solicits praise from his three daughters in return for inheritance of the kingdom. Daughters Goneril and Regan profess their affection vehemently. Cordelia, who does not respect the process her father has chosen, does not humor him. Lear's perceived rejection from Cordelia leads to her banishment, thus splitting the kingdom between the other two. This hasty decision becomes his fatal error.

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Paul Scofield
Paul Scofield King Lear
Irene Worth
Irene Worth Goneril
Susan Engel Regan
Anne-Lise Gabold
Anne-Lise Gabold Cordelia
Alan Webb
Alan Webb Gloucester
Ian Hogg
Ian Hogg Edmund
Robert Langdon Lloyd
Robert Langdon Lloyd Edgar
Tom Fleming Kent

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