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Overview
James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he's exalted the two who seek to destroy him. This live performance recording of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production deftly envisions the bard's haunting tragedy with a fine supporting cast, including Raul Julia, Paul Sorvino and Rene Auberjonois.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 20, 1974
- Original language
- English
- Production
- Broadway Theatre Archive
- Cast
- Charles Pegues,William Hart,Redvers Jeanmarie,John R. Tobinski,Frankie Faison,Paul Sorvino,Simpson Markson,Rosalind Cash,James Earl Jones,Robert Lanchesterand 20 more
- Director
- Edwin Sherin
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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