About King Lear
- Released on August 06, 2008
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.
Full Cast of King Lear
Ian McKellen plays King Lear
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier ...
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Monica Dolan plays Regan
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Philip Winchester plays Edmund
Peter Hinton plays Duke of Burgundy
Jonathan Hyde plays Earl of Kent
Jonathan Hyde (born 21 May 1948) is an Australian-born English actor, well known for his roles as J. Bruce Ismay, the...
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Frances Barber was born on May 13, 1958 and is currently 66 years old.
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