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The Tragedy of King Lear (1982)
Directed by Alan Cooke
Overview
King Lear, old and weary, divides his kingdom among his daughters, placing great weight on their declarations of love for him. However, when Cordelia, the youngest and most honest, refuses to flatter the old man in exchange for his favour, he banishes her and seeks support from his remaining daughters. Goneril and Regan, however, harbour no love for him and instead conspire to seize all his power. In a parallel, Lear’s loyal courtier Gloucester favours his illegitimate son Edmund after being deceived by lies about his faithful son Edgar. Tragically, both ill-fated fathers are consumed by madness and experience immense suffering.
Rated NR | Length 182 minutes
Actors
Mike Kellin | Darryl Hickman | Charles Aidman | David Groh | Jeremy Whelan | Helen Rubio | Gela Nash | Kitty Winn | Melora Marshall | Sam Anderson | Carl Strano | Bart Braverman | Brian Kerwin | Joel Bailey | Daryl Anderson | Ben Fuhrman | Vincent Caristi | Linus Huffman | Olaf Pooley | Giovani Angeloni | Reginald Barthram | Scott Doebler | London Donfield | Sidney Feldman | Lawrence Gray | Hugo Huber | Roger La Joie | John Laughlin | Mike Mansdorf | Sonny Nelson | Steve Ringel | Jay Senensky | Elmer Soderstrom | Ralph Wesley Spaulding | David Steen | Daniel Steininger | Paul Steinke | Mark Sundstrom | Lisa Tauber | John van Dalen | Victor Warren | Ronald Webber | Russell Werthman | Steven Williams