
Plot
King Lear is a proud man who solicits praise from his three daughters in return for inheritance of the kingdom. Daughters Goneril and Regan profess their affection vehemently. Cordelia, who does not respect the process her father has chosen, does not humor him. Lear's perceived rejection from Cordelia leads to her banishment, thus splitting the kingdom between the other two. This hasty decision becomes his fatal error.
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Cast

Paul Scofield
King Lear

Irene Worth
Goneril

Susan Engel
Regan

Anne-Lise Gabold
Cordelia

Alan Webb
Gloucester

Ian Hogg
Edmund

Robert Langdon Lloyd
Edgar

Tom Fleming
Kent

Jack MacGowran
Fool

Cyril Cusack
Albany

Patrick Magee
Cornwall

Barry Stanton
Oswald