Film · Drama, TV Movie
King Lear (1974)
James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he's exalted the two who seek to destroy him. This live performance recording of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production deftly envisions the bard's haunting tragedy with a fine supporting cast, including Raul Julia, Paul Sorvino and Rene Auberjonois.
- Director
- Edwin Sherin
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- February 20, 1974
Cast
James Earl JonesKing Lear
Douglass WatsonKent
Paul SorvinoGloucester
Raúl JuliáEdmund
Rosalind CashGoneril
Lee ChamberlinCordelia
Ellen HollyRegan- Robert StattelAlbany
- Robert LanchesterCornwall
- Lou QuinonesBurgundy
- Jean-Pierre StewartFrance
René AuberjonoisEdgar
Frederick CoffinOswald
Tom AldredgeFool
George DzundzaGentleman- John R. TobinskiCuran
James HarperFirst Servant to Cornwall
Anthony ChisholmServant to Cornwall
Franklyn SealesServant to Cornwall- Charles PeguesOld Man
