King Lear

2h 17m
Drama
6.3

King Lear is a proud man who solicits praise from his three daughters in return for inheritance of the kingdom. Daughters Goneril and Regan profess their affection vehemently. Cordelia, who does not respect the process her father has chosen, does not humor him. Lear's perceived rejection from Cordelia leads to her banishment, thus splitting the kingdom between the other two. This hasty decision becomes his fatal error.

Cast

Paul Scofield
King Lear
Irene Worth
Goneril
Susan Engel
Regan
Anne-Lise Gabold
Cordelia
Alan Webb
Gloucester
Ian Hogg
Edmund
Robert Langdon Lloyd
Edgar
Tom Fleming
Kent
Jack MacGowran
Fool
Cyril Cusack
Albany
Patrick Magee
Cornwall
Barry Stanton
Oswald

Crew

Peter Brook
Director, Writer
Kasper Schyberg
Editor
Albert Jurgenson
Editor
Henning Kristiansen
Director of Photography
Sam Lomberg
Executive Producer, Producer
Michael Birkett
Producer
Mogens Skot-Hansen
Producer
Georges Wakhévitch
Production Design
Adele Angard
Costume Design
Ruth Hamler
Makeup Artist
Ken Lintott
Makeup Artist
Bob Allen
Sound Recordist
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play

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