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.
Jonathan Miller
Director
Michael Hordern
King Lear
Sarah Badel
Goneril
Penelope Wilton
Regan
Angela Down
Cordelia
Frank Middlemass
Fool
Anthony Nicholls
Earl of Gloucester
Michael Jayston
Edmund
Ronald Pickup
Edgar
Ewan Hooper
Earl of Kent
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