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James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he's exalted the two who seek to destroy him. This live performance recording of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production deftly envisions the bard's haunting tragedy with a fine supporting cast, including Raul Julia, Paul Sorvino and Rene Auberjonois.
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James Earl Jones
King Lear
D
Douglass Watson
Kent
P
Paul Sorvino
Gloucester
R
Raúl Juliá
Edmund
R
Rosalind Cash
Goneril
L
Lee Chamberlin
Cordelia
E
Ellen Holly
Regan
J
Jean-Pierre Stewart
France
R
René Auberjonois
Edgar
F
Frederick Coffin
Oswald
T
Tom Aldredge
Fool
G
George Dzundza
Gentleman
J
James Harper
First Servant to Cornwall
A
Anthony Chisholm
Servant to Cornwall
F
Franklyn Seales
Servant to Cornwall
G
Gregory Mosher
Messenger
F
Frankie Faison
Captain
J
Jose Machado
Attendant