King Lear

King Lear (1974)

9.0 175 min Movie
DramaTV Movie

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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Cast

James Earl Jones James Earl Jones King Lear
Douglass Watson Douglass Watson Kent
Paul Sorvino Paul Sorvino Gloucester
Raúl Juliá Raúl Juliá Edmund
Rosalind Cash Rosalind Cash Goneril
Lee Chamberlin Lee Chamberlin Cordelia
Ellen Holly Ellen Holly Regan
Robert Stattel Robert Stattel Albany
Robert Lanchester Robert Lanchester Cornwall
Lou Quinones Lou Quinones Burgundy
Jean-Pierre Stewart Jean-Pierre Stewart France
René Auberjonois René Auberjonois Edgar

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