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Great Performances (TV series 1971– )King Lear (#37.12)
King Lear decides to abdicate and divide his kingdom between his three daughters. Director:Trevor NunnOriginal Air Date:25 March 2009 |
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Great Performances (TV series 1971– )King Lear (#37.12)
King Lear decides to abdicate and divide his kingdom between his three daughters. Director:Trevor NunnOriginal Air Date:25 March 2009 |
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William Gaunt | ... | |
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Ben Meyjes | ... |
Edgar
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Frances Barber | ... | |
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| Sylvester McCoy | ... | ||
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Guy Williams | ... | |
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Julian Harries | ... | |
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John Heffernan | ... | |
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Russell Byrne | ... |
First Gloucester Servant
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Doctor
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David Weston | ... |
A Gentleman
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Duke of Burgundy
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King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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