Movie Details
On DVD & Blu-ray:December 31st, 1982
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Original Language:English
Production Companies:Bard Productions, Shakespeare video society
The Tragedy of King Lear
"Staged as seen in the 16th century."Movie
Audience Score
3 hr 2 minDrama
Plot
King Lear, old and weary, divides his kingdom among his daughters, placing great weight on their declarations of love for him. However, when Cordelia, the youngest and most honest, refuses to flatter the old man in exchange for his favour, he banishes her and seeks support from his remaining daughters. Goneril and Regan, however, harbour no love for him and instead conspire to seize all his power. In a parallel, Lear’s loyal courtier Gloucester favours his illegitimate son Edmund after being deceived by lies about his faithful son Edgar. Tragically, both ill-fated fathers are consumed by madness and experience immense suffering.
