7. King Lear (1975)
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Release date: 1975-03-23
Season number: 10
Episode number: 7
Runtime: minutes
Director: Jonathan Miller
Writer: William Shakespeare
Guest stars
Michael Hordern
as Lear
Sarah Badel
as Goneril
Penelope Wilton
as Regan
Angela Down
as Cordelia
Frank Middlemass
as The Fool
Benjamin Whitrow
as Duke of Albany
John Shrapnel
as Duke of Cornwall
David Neal
as King of France
David Horovitch
as Duke of Burgundy
Anthony Nicholls
as Earl of Gloucester
Ronald Pickup
as Edgar
Michael Jayston
as Edmund
Ewan Hooper
as Earl of Kent
Donald Gee
as Oswald
George Merritt
as Old Man
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