Rent BBC Shakespeare Collection: King Lear (1982)
4.0 of 5 from 47 ratings
3h 3min
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- Synopsis:
- When King Lear rejects his most devoted daughter Cordelia because she refuses to patronise him with hollow sentiments, he embarks on a journey into humiliation, loneliness and eventually madness. In what is widely regarded as Shakespeare's greatest creative achievement, a story of family conflict ultimately reveals the bare futility of the human condition.
- Actors:
- John Shrapnel, Norman Rodway, Michael Kitchen, Michael Hordern, Gillian Barge
- Directors:
- Jonathan Miller
- Studio:
- 2 Entertain
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Dramas
- Collections:
- A History of The Classical World In Cinema
