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King Lear

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6.7/10 • 13

2008-08-062h 30m

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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.

Directors
Trevor Nunn

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  1. Ian McKellen

    Ian McKellen

    King Lear

  2. Romola Garai

    Romola Garai

    Cordelia

  3. Monica Dolan

    Monica Dolan

    Regan

  4. Sylvester McCoy

    Sylvester McCoy

    The Fool

  5. Philip Winchester

    Philip Winchester

    Edmund

  6. Peter Hinton

    Peter Hinton

    Duke of Burgundy

  7. Jonathan Hyde

    Jonathan Hyde

    Earl of Kent

  8. Frances Barber

    Frances Barber

    Goneril

  9. William Gaunt

    William Gaunt

    Earl of Gloucester

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Status
Released
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English
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