King Lear

6.7/ 10 13 votes 2008-08-06 2h 30m 2 popularity

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

Director: Trevor Nunn

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Ian McKellen

King Lear

Romola Garai

Cordelia

Monica Dolan

Regan

Sylvester McCoy

The Fool

Philip Winchester

Edmund

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Peter Hinton

Duke of Burgundy

Jonathan Hyde

Earl of Kent

Frances Barber

Goneril

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