King Lear

Plot

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... read more

  • Jonathan Miller

    Director

  • William Shakespeare

    Theatre Play

  • Howard Dell

    Editor

  • Michael Hordern

    King Lear

  • Brenda Blethyn

    Cordelia

  • John Shrapnel

    Earl of Kent

  • Norman Rodway

    Earl of Gloucester

  • Michael Kitchen

    Edmund

  • Gillian Barge

    Goneril

  • Penelope Wilton

    Regan

  • John Bird

    Duke of Albany

  • Julian Curry

    Duke of Cornwall

  • David Weston

    Duke of Burgundy

  • Harry Waters

    King of France

  • Anton Lesser

    Edgar

  • John Grillo

    Oswald

  • Iain Armstrong

    First Gentleman

  • Frank Middlemass

    Fool

  • Ken Stott

    Curan

  • Stuart Blake

    First Servant

  • Tony Sympson

    Second Servant

  • Peter Walmsley

    Third Servant

  • George Howe

    Doctor

  • John Dallimore

    Second Gentleman

  • Tim Brown

    Captain

  • Adam Kurakin

    Herald

  • Fraser Wilson

    Third Gentleman

  • Richard Albrecht

    Officer

  • Runtime

    185 minutes

    Released

    1982-09-19

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Updated

    60 days ago

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