King Lear

King Lear (1974)


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  • Release Date: 1974-02-20
  • Runtime: 2h 55min
  • Production Company: Broadway Theatre Archive
  • Director: Edwin Sherin

Summary

James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he's exalted the two who seek to destroy him. This live performance recording of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production deftly envisions the bard's haunting tragedy with a fine supporting cast, including Raul Julia, Paul Sorvino and Rene Auberjonois.

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  • James Earl Jones

    as King Lear

  • Douglass Watson

    as Kent

  • Paul Sorvino

    as Gloucester

  • Raúl Juliá

    as Edmund

  • Rosalind Cash

    as Goneril

  • Lee Chamberlin

    as Cordelia

  • Ellen Holly

    as Regan

  • Robert Stattel

    as Albany

  • Robert Lanchester

    as Cornwall

  • Lou Quinones

    as Burgundy

  • Jean-Pierre Stewart

    as France

  • René Auberjonois

    as Edgar

  • Frederick Coffin

    as Oswald

  • Tom Aldredge

    as Fool

  • George Dzundza

    as Gentleman

  • John R. Tobinski

    as Curan

  • James Harper

    as First Servant to Cornwall

  • Anthony Chisholm

    as Servant to Cornwall

  • Franklyn Seales

    as Servant to Cornwall

  • Charles Pegues

    as Old Man

  • Redvers Jeanmarie

    as Messenger

  • William Hart

    as Doctor

  • Gregory Mosher

    as Messenger

  • Frankie Faison

    as Captain

  • George Addison

    as Herald

  • James West III

    as Gentleman

  • Jose Machado

    as Attendant

  • Simpson Markson

    as Attendant

  • Kevin Maung

    as Attendant

  • John Salat

    as Attendant
Directing Edwin Sherin Director
Sound Charles Gross Music
Crew Gene Searchinger Cinematography
Editing George Keenan Editor
Art Santo Loquasto Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Theoni V. Aldredge Costume Design
Sound Lou Bruno Sound

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