King Lear

King Lear (1970)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1970-07-10
  • User Rating: 6.6/10 from 18 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 17min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
  • Production Country: Denmark, United Kingdom
  • Director: Peter Brook
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Summary

King Lear is a proud man who solicits praise from his three daughters in return for inheritance of the kingdom. Daughters Goneril and Regan profess their affection vehemently. Cordelia, who does not respect the process her father has chosen, does not humor him. Lear's perceived rejection from Cordelia leads to her banishment, thus splitting the kingdom between the other two. This hasty decision becomes his fatal error.

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  • Paul Scofield

    as King Lear
  • Irene Worth

    as Goneril
  • Susan Engel

    as Regan
  • Anne-Lise Gabold

    as Cordelia
  • Alan Webb

    as Gloucester
  • Ian Hogg

    as Edmund
  • Robert Langdon Lloyd

    as Edgar
  • Tom Fleming

    as Kent
  • Jack MacGowran

    as Fool
  • Cyril Cusack

    as Albany
  • Patrick Magee

    as Cornwall
  • Barry Stanton

    as Oswald
Directing Peter Brook Director
Writing Peter Brook Writer
Art Georges Wakhévitch Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Adele Angard Costume Design
Sound Bob Allen Sound Recordist
Editing Kasper Schyberg Editor
Writing William Shakespeare Theatre Play
Production Sam Lomberg Executive Producer
Costume & Make-Up Ruth Hamler Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Ken Lintott Makeup Artist
Production Michael Birkett Producer
Production Mogens Skot-Hansen Producer
Camera Henning Kristiansen Director of Photography
Production Sam Lomberg Producer
Editing Albert Jurgenson Editor

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