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King Lear

2012· 2h 30m

Directed by Michael Attenborough

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Overview

Captured live at the Almeida Theatre in November 2012. An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

Cast

Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce

King Lear

Clive Wood

Clive Wood

Earl of Gloucester

Richard Hope

Richard Hope

Duke of Albany

Phoebe Fox

Phoebe Fox

Cordelia

Ian Gelder

Ian Gelder

Earl of Kent

Zoe Waites

Goneril

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