Name: King Lear
Genre: drama, tv-movie
Released: 1974
Duration: 175
Rating: 9
Cast: James Earl Jones, Douglass Watson, Paul Sorvino, Raúl Juliá, Rosalind Cash

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.

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Edwin Sherin
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King Lear

James Earl Jones
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Kent

Douglass Watson
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Gloucester

Paul Sorvino
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Edmund

Raúl Juliá
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Goneril

Rosalind Cash
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Cordelia

Lee Chamberlin
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Regan

Ellen Holly
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Albany

Robert Stattel
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Robert Lanchester
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Lou Quinones
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Jean-Pierre Stewart
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Edgar

René Auberjonois
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Oswald

Frederick Coffin
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Tom Aldredge
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George Dzundza

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