King Lear (1982)

Drama

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.

Updated May 25 2020

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1982-09-19

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FACTS

Runtime: 185 mins Rating: 6.3

Cast

John Shrapnel

Earl of Kent

Penelope Wilton

Regan

Brenda Blethyn

Cordelia

Michael Kitchen

Edmund

Norman Rodway

Earl of Gloucester

Gillian Barge

Goneril

Ken Stott

Curan

Anton Lesser

Edgar