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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date2008-08-06
Languageen
Runtime2h 30m
Production

Richard Price TV Associates Ltd.

6.7(13)
•2008•2h 30m

King Lear

DramaTV Movie

Overview

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

Director
Trevor Nunn
Cinematography
Paul Wheeler

Principal Cast

13 credited
Ian McKellen
Ian McKellenKing Lear
Romola Garai
Romola GaraiCordelia
Monica Dolan
Monica DolanRegan
Sylvester McCoy
Sylvester McCoyThe Fool
Philip Winchester
Philip WinchesterEdmund
PH
Peter HintonDuke of Burgundy
Jonathan Hyde
Jonathan HydeEarl of Kent
Frances Barber
Frances BarberGoneril
William Gaunt
William GauntEarl of Gloucester
Julian Harries
Julian HarriesDuke of Albany

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