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King Lear
Overview
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Director and cast
- Jonathan Miller Director
- Michael Hordern as King Lear
- Brenda Blethyn as Cordelia
- Gillian Barge as Goneril
- Penelope Wilton as Regan
- John Shrapnel as Earl of Kent
- Norman Rodway as Earl of Gloucester
- Michael Kitchen as Edmund
- John Bird as Duke of Albany
- Julian Curry as Duke of Cornwall
- David Weston as Duke of Burgundy
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