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The Tragedy of King Lear
1982
Staged as seen in the 16th century.
- Alan Cooke
- 3h 2m
- December 31, 1982 · United States of America
Overview
King Lear, old and weary, divides his kingdom among his daughters, placing great weight on their declarations of love for him. However, when Cordelia, the youngest and most honest, refuses to flatter the old man in exchange for his favour, he banishes her and seeks support from his remaining daughters. Goneril and Regan, however, harbour no love for him and instead conspire to seize all his power. In a parallel, Lear’s loyal courtier Gloucester favours his illegitimate son Edmund after being deceived by lies about his faithful son Edgar. Tragically, both ill-fated fathers are consumed by madness and experience immense suffering.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 31, 1982
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Bard Productions,Shakespeare video society
- Cast
- Bart Braverman,Darryl Hickman,David Groh,Reginald Barthram,John Laughlin,Lisa Tauber,Ronald Webber,Sam Anderson,Kitty Winn,Elmer Soderstromand 34 more
- Director
- Alan Cooke
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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