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King Lear poster

King Lear Cast & Characters

PG-13 1971 · 2h 17m 63 Audience
Prime Video Available on Prime Video
Starring Cast
P
Paul Scofield
King Lear
I
Irene Worth
Goneril
S
Susan Engel
Regan
A
Anne-Lise Gabold
Cordelia
A
Alan Webb
Gloucester
I
Ian Hogg
Edmund
Key crew
Director
Peter Brook
Screenplay
Peter Brook
Producers
Sam Lomberg , Michael Birkett , Mogens Skot-Hansen
Cinematography
Henning Kristiansen
Editor
Kasper Schyberg , Albert Jurgenson
Production design
Georges Wakhévitch
Costume design
Adele Angard

Full cast

12 cast members
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 by department

15 crew members

Costume & Makeup

Ken Lintott
Makeup Artist
Ruth Hamler
Makeup Artist
Adele Angard
Costume Design