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King Lear

60% | Sep 19, 1982 | Drama

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.

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Jonathan Miller
Director
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play

Cast

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Michael Hordern
King Lear
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Brenda Blethyn
Cordelia
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John Shrapnel
Earl of Kent
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Norman Rodway
Earl of Gloucester

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