King Lear

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.

Cast

Michael Hordern

Sarah Badel

Penelope Wilton

Angela Down

Frank Middlemass

Anthony Nicholls

Michael Jayston

Ronald Pickup

Ewan Hooper

Benjamin Whitrow

John Shrapnel

Donald Gee

David Horovitch

David Neal

George Merritt

Mike Hayward

Roger Elliott

Geoffrey Collins

David Kincaid

Leslie Glazer

Paul Haley

David Sinclair

Alec Sabin

Terry Wright