
King Lear
Drama · TV Movie
Overview
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Top Cast


Ian Holm
Ian Holm
King Lear
Ian Holm
King Lear


Amanda Redman
Amanda Redman
Regan
Amanda Redman
Regan


Barbara Flynn
Barbara Flynn
Goneril
Barbara Flynn
Goneril


Victoria Hamilton
Victoria Hamilton
Cordelia
Victoria Hamilton
Cordelia


Timothy West
Timothy West
Gloucester
Timothy West
Gloucester


Paul Rhys
Paul Rhys
Edgar
Paul Rhys
Edgar


Finbar Lynch
Finbar Lynch
Edmund
Finbar Lynch
Edmund


David Burke
David Burke
Kent
David Burke
Kent


Michael Bryant
Michael Bryant
Fool
Michael Bryant
Fool
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