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King Lear

"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."

Cast

13324

Paul Scofield

as King Lear

97337

Irene Worth

as Goneril

1220081

Susan Engel

as Regan

147017

Anne-Lise Gabold

as Cordelia

14820

Alan Webb

as Gloucester

25666

Ian Hogg

as Edmund

147018

Robert Langdon Lloyd

as Edgar

134664

Tom Fleming

as Kent

14016

Jack MacGowran

as Fool

4973

Cyril Cusack

as Albany

2264

Patrick Magee

as Cornwall

162250

Barry Stanton

as Oswald

Crew

60981

Peter Brook

Director

60981

Peter Brook

Writer

107255

Sam Lomberg

Executive Producer

107255

Sam Lomberg

Producer

6210

William Shakespeare

Theatre Play

1260763

Michael Birkett

Producer

69193

Henning Kristiansen

Director of Photography

11198

Albert Jurgenson

Editor

1017686

Mogens Skot-Hansen

Producer

3695795

Ruth Hamler

Makeup Artist

1901662

Ken Lintott

Makeup Artist

1590921

Bob Allen

Sound Recordist

3695794

Adele Angard

Costume Design

1384701

Georges Wakhévitch

Production Design

2211619

Kasper Schyberg

Editor