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King Lear

Michael Elliott

1983 • 2h 38m

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

King Lear

Cast

Laurence Olivier

Laurence OlivierKing Lear

John Hurt

John HurtThe Fool

Brian Cox

Brian CoxBurgundy

Dorothy Tutin

Dorothy TutinGoneril

Anna Calder-Marshall

Anna Calder-MarshallCordelia

Diana Rigg

Diana RiggRegan

Leo McKern

Leo McKernGloucester

David Threlfall

David ThrelfallEdgar

Robert Lindsay

Robert LindsayEdmund

Colin Blakely

Colin BlakelyKent

Jeremy Kemp

Jeremy KempCornwall

Robert Lang

Robert LangAlbany

Edward Petherbridge

Edward PetherbridgeFrance

Geoffrey Bateman

Geoffrey BatemanOswald

John CordingLear's Knight

Crew

William Shakespeare

William ShakespeareTheatre Play

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