Release Date

06 Aug, 2008

Runtime

02:30: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

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Actors

Ian McKellen

Romola Garai

Monica Dolan

Sylvester McCoy

Philip Winchester

Peter Hinton

Jonathan Hyde

Frances Barber

William Gaunt

Julian Harries

Crew

Trevor Nunn

William Shakespeare

Steve Edis

Paul Wheeler

Richard Price