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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
Susan Engel
Character: Regan

Anne-Lise Gabold
Character: Cordelia
Alan Webb
Character: Gloucester
Ian Hogg
Character: Edmund

Robert Langdon Lloyd
Character: Edgar
Tom Fleming
Character: Kent
Jack MacGowran
Character: Fool

Cyril Cusack
Character: Albany
Patrick Magee
Character: Cornwall
Barry Stanton
Character: Oswald


Production and Crew

Georges Wakhévitch
Production Design
Adele Angard
Costume Design

Bob Allen
Sound Recordist

Sam Lomberg
Executive Producer
Ruth Hamler
Makeup Artist
Ken Lintott
Makeup Artist

Henning Kristiansen
Director of Photography

Sam Lomberg
Producer