King Lear

Name: King Lear
Cast: Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Susan Engel, Anne-Lise Gabold, Alan Webb

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King Lear is a proud man who solicits praise from his three daughters in return for inheritance of the kingdom. Daughters Goneril and Regan profess their affection vehemently. Cordelia, who does not respect the process her father has chosen, does not humor him. Lear's perceived rejection from Cordelia leads to her banishment, thus splitting the kingdom between the other two. This hasty decision becomes his fatal error.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Peter BrookProducers: Michael Birkett, Mogens Skot-Hansen, Sam Lomberg

Paul Scofield

as King Lear

Irene Worth

as Goneril

Susan Engel

as Regan

Anne-Lise Gabold

as Cordelia

Alan Webb

as Gloucester

Ian Hogg

as Edmund

Robert Langdon Lloyd

as Edgar

Tom Fleming

as Kent

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