About
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.
Cast
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Michael Hordern
King Lear
S
Sarah Badel
Goneril
P
Penelope Wilton
Regan
A
Angela Down
Cordelia
F
Frank Middlemass
Fool
A
Anthony Nicholls
Earl of Gloucester
M
Michael Jayston
Edmund
R
Ronald Pickup
Edgar
E
Ewan Hooper
Earl of Kent
B
Benjamin Whitrow
Duke of Albany
J
John Shrapnel
Duke of Cornwall
D
Donald Gee
Oswald
D
David Horovitch
Duke of Burgundy
D
David Neal
King of France
G
George Merritt
Old Man
M
Mike Hayward
First Servant
G
Geoffrey Collins
Third Servant
D
David Kincaid
Gentleman / Attendanton Cordelia
L
Leslie Glazer
Doctor
P
Paul Haley
Captain