Plot:

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.

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Actors - Crew

Paul Scofield
King Lear

Irene Worth
Goneril

Susan Engel
Regan

Anne-Lise Gabold
Cordelia

Alan Webb
Gloucester

Ian Hogg
Edmund

Peter Brook
Director

Sam Lomberg
Executive Producer

William Shakespeare
Theatre Play

Michael Birkett
Producer

Henning Kristiansen
Director of Photography

Albert Jurgenson
Editor

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