King Lear

King Lear (1982)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1982-09-19
  • User Rating: 6/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 3h 5min
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Jonathan Miller
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Summary

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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  • Michael Hordern

    as King Lear

  • Brenda Blethyn

    as Cordelia

  • John Shrapnel

    as Earl of Kent

  • Norman Rodway

    as Earl of Gloucester

  • Michael Kitchen

    as Edmund

  • Gillian Barge

    as Goneril

  • Penelope Wilton

    as Regan

  • John Bird

    as Duke of Albany

  • Julian Curry

    as Duke of Cornwall

  • David Weston

    as Duke of Burgundy

  • Harry Waters

    as King of France

  • Anton Lesser

    as Edgar

  • John Grillo

    as Oswald

  • Iain Armstrong

    as First Gentleman

  • Frank Middlemass

    as Fool

  • Ken Stott

    as Curan

  • Stuart Blake

    as First Servant

  • Tony Sympson

    as Second Servant

  • Peter Walmsley

    as Third Servant

  • George Howe

    as Doctor

  • John Dallimore

    as Second Gentleman

  • Tim Brown

    as Captain

  • Adam Kurakin

    as Herald

  • Fraser Wilson

    as Third Gentleman

  • Richard Albrecht

    as Officer
Directing Jonathan Miller Director
Production Shaun Sutton Producer
Crew Ron Green Cinematography
Editing Howard Dell Editor
Art Colin Lowrey Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Raymond Hughes Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Eileen Mair Makeup Artist
Production Peter Stenning Production Manager
Sound Derek Miller-Timmins Sound
Writing William Shakespeare Theatre Play

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