King Lear (1984)
- Starring:
- Laurence Olivier, Anna Calder-Marshall, (more)
- Director(s):
- Michael Elliott
- Category:
- Television
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Shakespeare's tragedy, made for British television, is given a full-blooded rendition here with the great Laurence Olivier in the title role and a stellar cast to support him, in the tale of a king torn apart by the ambition and treachery within his family and by his own pride. ~ Mark Hockley, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 158 mins
Complete Cast:
- Laurence Olivier - King Lear
- Diana Rigg - Regan
- Jeremy Kemp - Cornwall
- Leo McKern - Gloucester
- Brian Cox - Burgundy
- Geoffrey Bateman - Oswald
- Benny Young - Cornwall's Servant
- Robert Lindsay - Edmund
- John Hurt - The Fool
- Dorothy Tutin - Goneril
- Anna Calder-Marshall - Cordelia
- John Cording - Lear's Knight
- Robert Lang - Albany
- David Threlfall - Edgar
- Harry Walker - Second Officer
- Paul Curran - Doctor
- Edward Petherbridge - France
- Esmond Knight - Old Man
- Colin Blakely - Kent
- Director(s):
- Michael Elliott
- Categories:
- Television
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