King Lear
Directed by: Jonathan Miller
6.5 6
Drama
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Cast

Michael Hordern
King Lear

Brenda Blethyn
Cordelia
G
Gillian Barge
Goneril

Penelope Wilton
Regan

John Shrapnel
Earl of Kent

Norman Rodway
Earl of Gloucester

Michael Kitchen
Edmund

John Bird
Duke of Albany

Julian Curry
Duke of Cornwall

David Weston
Duke of Burgundy
H
Harry Waters
King of France

Anton Lesser
Edgar

John Grillo
Oswald
I
Iain Armstrong
First Gentleman

Frank Middlemass
Fool

Ken Stott
Curan
S
Stuart Blake
First Servant
T
Tony Sympson
Second Servant
P
Peter Walmsley
Third Servant
G
George Howe
Doctor
J
John Dallimore
Second Gentleman
T
Tim Brown
Captain
A
Adam Kurakin
Herald
F
Fraser Wilson
Third Gentleman
R
Richard Albrecht
Officer
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