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The Tragedy of King Lear (1982)
Directed by Alan Cooke
“Staged as seen in the 16th century.”
Drama · 3h 02m
King Lear, old and weary, divides his kingdom among his daughters, placing great weight on their declarations of love for him. However, when Cordelia, the youngest and most honest, refuses to flatter the old man in exchange for his favour, he banishes her and seeks support from his remaining daughters. Goneril and Regan, however, harbour no love for him and instead conspire to seize all his power. In a parallel, Lear’s loyal courtier Gloucester favours his illegitimate son Edmund after being deceived by lies about his faithful son Edgar. Tragically, both ill-fated fathers are consumed by madness and experience immense suffering.
Cast
Mike Kellin
King Lear
Darryl Hickman
Earl of Kent
Charles Aidman
Earl of Gloucester
David Groh
Edmund
Gela Nash
Goneril
Kitty Winn
Cordelia
Sam Anderson
Duke of Albany
Bart Braverman
Duke of Burgundy
Crew
- Director
- Alan Cooke
Details
- Release date
- 1982-12-31
- Runtime
- 3h 02m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Bard Productions, Shakespeare video society