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King Lear

8.5/ 1019982h 30m

DramaTV Movie

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

Directed by Richard Eyre

The cast

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Ian Holm

Ian Holm

King Lear

Amanda Redman

Amanda Redman

Regan

Barbara Flynn

Barbara Flynn

Goneril

Victoria Hamilton

Victoria Hamilton

Cordelia

Timothy West

Timothy West

Gloucester

Paul Rhys

Paul Rhys

Edgar

Finbar Lynch

Finbar Lynch

Edmund

David Burke

David Burke

Kent