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King Lear

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Calorie Rating: 192
Released: 1971-02-04
Running Time: 137 Minutes
Studios: Royal Shakespeare Company, Athena Film A/S, Laterna Film,


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.

Director / Directors

Peter Brook
Director


Cast

Paul Scofield
Character: King Lear
Irene Worth
Character: Goneril
Cyril Cusack
Character: Albany

Susan Engel
Character: Regan
Tom Fleming
Character: Kent
Anne-Lise Gabold
Character: Cordelia

Ian Hogg
Character: Edmund
Robert Langdon Lloyd
Character: Edgar
Patrick Magee
Character: Cornwall

Jack MacGowran
Character: Fool


Production and Crew


Sam Lomberg
Producer
Sam Lomberg
Executive Producer

Henning Kristiansen
Director of Photography

Georges Wakhévitch
Production Design
Adele Angard
Costume Design
Ruth Hamler
Makeup Artist

Ken Lintott
Makeup Artist
Bob Allen
Sound Recordist