King Lear
King Lear
Overview
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.
Cast
Michael Hordern
Brenda Blethyn
John Shrapnel
Norman Rodway
Michael Kitchen
Gillian Barge
Penelope Wilton
John Bird
Julian Curry
David Weston
Harry Waters
Anton Lesser
John Grillo
Iain Armstrong
Frank Middlemass
Ken Stott
Stuart Blake
Tony Sympson
Peter Walmsley
George Howe
John Dallimore
Tim Brown
Adam Kurakin
Fraser Wilson
Richard Albrecht
Crew
Jonathan Miller
Shaun Sutton
Ron Green
Eileen Mair
Howard Dell
Colin Lowrey
Peter Stenning
Raymond Hughes
Derek Miller-Timmins
