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King Lear

6.5 185 mins Drama   1982
Director(s): Jonathan Miller

Release Date: 19 Sun, Sep 1982

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

Casts of King Lear

Michael Hordern

as King Lear

Brenda Blethyn

as Cordelia

Gillian Barge

as Goneril

Penelope Wilton

as Regan

John Shrapnel

as Earl of Kent

Norman Rodway

as Earl of Gloucester

Michael Kitchen

as Edmund

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

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

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