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Cast

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

King Lear

John Hurt

John Hurt

The Fool

Brian Cox

Brian Cox

Burgundy

Dorothy Tutin

Dorothy Tutin

Goneril

Anna Calder-Marshall

Anna Calder-Marshall

Cordelia

Diana Rigg

Diana Rigg

Regan

Leo McKern

Leo McKern

Gloucester

David Threlfall

David Threlfall

Edgar

Robert Lindsay

Robert Lindsay

Edmund

Colin Blakely

Colin Blakely

Kent

Jeremy Kemp

Jeremy Kemp

Cornwall

Robert Lang

Robert Lang

Albany

Edward Petherbridge

Edward Petherbridge

France

Geoffrey Bateman

Geoffrey Bateman

Oswald

John Cording

John Cording

Lear's Knight

Benny Young

Benny Young

Cornwall's Servant

Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight

Old Man

Ian Ruskin

Ian Ruskin

Edmund's Officer

Paul Curran

Paul Curran

Doctor

Ronald Forfar

Ronald Forfar

First Officer

Harry Walker

Harry Walker

Second Officer

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Michael Elliott

Michael Elliott

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Theatre Play

Gordon Crosse

Gordon Crosse

Original Music Composer

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King Lear

19836.5 / 10158 min
Drama, TV Movie

Overview

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