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King Lear

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.

1970 |2h 17m |  Drama

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Paul Scofield

King Lear

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Irene Worth

Goneril

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Anne-Lise Gabold

Cordelia

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Alan Webb

Gloucester

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Ian Hogg

Edmund

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Robert Langdon Lloyd

Edgar

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Jack MacGowran

Fool

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Cyril Cusack

Albany

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Patrick Magee

Cornwall

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Barry Stanton

Oswald

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English

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