|
King Lear (1974– )When King Lear decides to step down from his throne, he decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters with tragic results. |
| 0Share... |
User Lists
Related lists from IMDb users
Share this Rating
Title: King Lear (1974– )
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
Photos
Edit
Cast
| Series cast summary: | |||
 |
Patrick Mower | ... |
Edmund
(6 episodes, 1974)
|
|
|
Ann Lynn | ... |
Regan
(6 episodes, 1974)
|
|
|
Philip Brack | ... |
Albany
(6 episodes, 1974)
|
|
|
Beth Harris | ... |
Goneril
(6 episodes, 1974)
|
|
|
Patrick Magee | ... |
King Lear
(6 episodes, 1974)
|
|
|
Wendy Allnutt | ... |
Cordelia
(6 episodes, 1974)
|
| Robert Coleby | ... |
Edgar
(6 episodes, 1974)
|
|
|
|
Ronald Radd | ... |
Gloucester
(6 episodes, 1974)
|
|
|
Ray Smith | ... |
Kent
(6 episodes, 1974)
|
|
|
Ellis Jones | ... |
The Fool
(6 episodes, 1974)
|
Edit
Plot Summary
|
Add Synopsis
Storyline
Aging King Lear decides to surrender his throne to his three daughters and solicits comments from them about their devotion and love to him. Goneril and Regan, the elder married daughters, flatter their father with profusely exaggerated declarations of filial devotion, but Goneril, his unmarried youngest, refuses to try to outdo her sisters in insincerity and declares her loyalty to her father in more subdued terms. The egocentric king disinherits her it a fit of pique and banishes her, as well as Kent, one of his most loyal ministers, who had the temerity to criticize the king's actions. The aging Lear is not happy in retirement as first one and then both of his daughters turn their backs on their now powerless father. Cordelia, now married to the King of France, remains loyal to her father despite his treatment of her and invades England with the French army in hopes of restoring her father to the throne. In the meantime, the Duke of Gloucester's illegitimate son Edmund plots to ... Written by Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol.com)
Genres:
DramaParents Guide:
Add content advisory for parents »
Edit
See full technical specs »
Details
Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishFilming Locations:
Teddington Studios, Teddington, Middlesex, England, UKCompany Credits
Show detailed
company contact information
on
IMDbPro »
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Color:
Color
Edit
King Lear: Aye, every inch a king.
See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
The cast rehearsed for five weeks and actual filming took ten weeks at Thames' Teddington Studios in Middlesex. See more »Quotes
Gloucester: The trick of that voice I do well remember. Is't not the King?King Lear: Aye, every inch a king.
See more »
The fool was almost completely cut, but this is a good version anyway. Gotta remember it was made for TV and take it as it is. I read somewhere that someone said once that they had never seen a bad version of "Hamlet", and that goes for Lear, too, though (big Peter Brook fan that I am) Peter Brook's version is one that I haven't made it all the way through quite yet. The running time here has been cut by almost an hour and a half, but that is OK. Patrick Magee started slowly, but his journey into madness is very effective. I have yet to see the version done by Laurence Olivier and I have high hopes for it. I am very happy with this version.