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.
Peter Brook
Director, Writer
Paul Scofield
King Lear
Irene Worth
Goneril
Susan Engel
Regan
Anne-Lise Gabold
Cordelia
Alan Webb
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Ian Hogg
Edmund
Robert Langdon Lloyd
Edgar
Tom Fleming
Kent
Jack MacGowran
Fool
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