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King Lear

Mar 21, 1998 · 2h 30m
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Drama
TV Movie

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An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

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CAST

Ian Holm
King Lear
Amanda Redman
Regan
Barbara Flynn
Goneril
Victoria Hamilton
Cordelia
Timothy West
Gloucester
Paul Rhys
Edgar
Finbar Lynch
Edmund
David Burke
Kent
Directed by Richard Eyre

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
BBC, Chestermead, GBH
Country
GB

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