King Lear

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Michael Hordern

King Lear

Age : 83 | Popularity : 77%

Brenda Blethyn

Cordelia

Age : 78 | Popularity : 100%

John Shrapnel

Earl of Kent

Age : 77 | Popularity : 41%

Norman Rodway

Earl of Gloucester

Age : 72 | Popularity : 25%

Michael Kitchen

Edmund

Age : 76 | Popularity : 92%

Gillian Barge

Goneril

Age : 62 | Popularity : 30%

Penelope Wilton

Regan

Age : 78 | Popularity : 73%

John Bird

Duke of Albany

Age : N/A | Popularity : 24%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Jonathan Miller
Production	Production Manager	Peter Stenning
	Producer	Shaun Sutton
Art	Production Design	Colin Lowrey
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Eileen Mair
	Costume Design	Raymond Hughes
Editing	Editor	Howard Dell
Crew	Cinematography	Ron Green
Sound	Sound	Derek Miller-Timmins
Writing	Theatre Play	William Shakespeare
Department	Role	Name

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