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King Lear

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Calorie Rating: 169
Released: 1975-03-23
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Studios: BBC,


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



Cast

Michael Hordern
Character: King Lear
Sarah Badel
Character: Goneril
Penelope Wilton
Character: Regan

Angela Down
Character: Cordelia
Frank Middlemass
Character: Fool
Anthony Nicholls
Character: Earl of Gloucester

Michael Jayston
Character: Edmund
Ronald Pickup
Character: Edgar
Ewan Hooper
Character: Earl of Kent

Benjamin Whitrow
Character: Duke of Albany
John Shrapnel
Character: Duke of Cornwall
Donald Gee
Character: Oswald

David Horovitch
Character: Duke of Burgundy
David Neal
Character: King of France
George Merritt
Character: Old Man

Mike Hayward
Character: First Servant
Roger Elliott
Character: Second Servant
Geoffrey Collins
Character: Third Servant

David Kincaid
Character: Gentleman / Attendanton Cordelia
Leslie Glazer
Character: Doctor
Paul Haley
Character: Captain

David Sinclair
Character: Herald
Alec Sabin
Character: First Officer
Terry Wright
Character: Second Officer


Production and Crew

Vic Symonds
Production Design
Juanita Waterson
Costume Design

Fraser Lowden
Production Manager
Martin Friend
Production Assistant
Eileen Mair
Makeup & Hair

Dennis Channon
Lighting Director
Alan Shallcross
Script Editor