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"Performance" King Lear (1998)


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Overview

User Rating:
8.0/10   197 votes
Director:
Writers:
Richard Eyre (adaptation)
William Shakespeare (play)
Contact:
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Original Air Date:
21 March 1998
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Plot:
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win more
User Comments:
An edge-of-your seat, totally riveting, emotional knockout. more (14 total)

Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)
Paul Rhys ... Edgar
Finbar Lynch ... Edmund
Timothy West ... Gloucester
David Burke ... Kent
Barbara Flynn ... Goneril
Amanda Redman ... Regan
Victoria Hamilton ... Cordelia
David Lyon ... Albany
Michael Simkins ... Cornwall

Ian Holm ... Lear
Martin Chamberlain ... Lear's Knight
Adrian Irvine ... France
Nicholas R. Bailey ... Burgundy
William Osborne ... Oswald
Michael Bryant ... Fool
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USA:150 min
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Version of King Lear (1948) (TV) more

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An edge-of-your seat, totally riveting, emotional knockout., 18 October 1998
10/10
Author: Don Heller (heller@loop.com) from Sierra Madre, California

I've read the play & seen other versions; this is by far the most riveting version I've ever seen, maybe the most riveting film I've ever seen. The stark sets strip your defenses away, and the performances claw you to the heart. I could not drag my eyes away from the action, especially the stunning Lear. Even if you are usually turned off by Shakespeare, don't fail to see Ian Holm in this surprisingly modern action drama!

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