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King Lear (1982)
Directed by Jonathan Miller
Overview
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.
Length 185 minutes
Actors
Michael Hordern | Brenda Blethyn | John Shrapnel | Norman Rodway | Michael Kitchen | Gillian Barge | Penelope Wilton | John Bird | Julian Curry | David Weston | Harry Waters | Anton Lesser | John Grillo | Iain Armstrong | Frank Middlemass | Ken Stott | Stuart Blake | Tony Sympson | Peter Walmsley | George Howe | John Dallimore | Tim Brown | Adam Kurakin | Fraser Wilson | Richard Albrecht