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King Lear (1974)
Directed by Edwin Sherin
Overview
James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he’s exalted the two who seek to destroy him. This live performance recording of Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival production deftly envisions the bard’s haunting tragedy with a fine supporting cast, including Raul Julia, Paul Sorvino and Rene Auberjonois.
Length 175 minutes
Actors
James Earl Jones | Douglass Watson | Paul Sorvino | Raúl Juliá | Rosalind Cash | Lee Chamberlin | Ellen Holly | Robert Stattel | Robert Lanchester | Lou Quinones | Jean-Pierre Stewart | René Auberjonois | Frederick Coffin | Tom Aldredge | George Dzundza | John R. Tobinski | James Harper | Anthony Chisholm | Franklyn Seales | Charles Pegues | Redvers Jeanmarie | William Hart | Gregory Mosher | Frankie Faison | George Addison | James West III | Jose Machado | Simpson Markson | Kevin Maung | John Salat