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King Lear

Richard Eyre

1998 • 2h 30m

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

King Lear

Cast

Ian Holm

Ian HolmKing Lear

Amanda Redman

Amanda RedmanRegan

Barbara Flynn

Barbara FlynnGoneril

Victoria Hamilton

Victoria HamiltonCordelia

Timothy West

Timothy WestGloucester

Paul Rhys

Finbar Lynch

Finbar LynchEdmund

David Burke

David BurkeKent

Michael Bryant

Michael BryantFool

Crew

Richard Eyre

Richard EyreDirector

William Shakespeare

William ShakespeareTheatre Play

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King Lear (1998) — Backlot Notes