King Lear
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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 favour, he banishes her and turns for support to his other two 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 favours his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar.
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Brian Blessed
King Lear
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Hildegard Neil
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Jason Riddington
Edmund
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Cordelia
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Graham McTavish
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Paul Curran
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Mark Hayden
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Iain Stuart Robertson
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Brian Blessed Director · William Shakespeare Writer Chris Weaver Cinematographer
United States release September 21, 1999 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Cromwell Productions Ltd.
Production
Lamancha Productions
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Cromwell Productions Ltd.
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 7, 1999
Theatrical
United States · September 21, 1999
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