An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
Credits
King Lear Cast
| Name |
Character |
|
Laurence Olivier
He was 76, 82 years old when he died
|
as King Lear |
|
John Hurt
He was 44, 77 years old when he died
|
as The Fool |
|
David Threlfall
He was 30, now 71 years old
|
as Edgar |
|
Dorothy Tutin
She was 53, 71 years old when she died
|
as Goneril |
|
Leo McKern
He was 63, 82 years old when he died
|
as Gloucester |
|
Colin Blakely
He was 53, 56 years old when he died
|
as Kent |
|
Diana Rigg
She was 45, now 86 years old
|
as Regan |
|
Anna Calder-Marshall
She was 37, now 77 years old
|
as Cordelia |
|
Jeremy Kemp
He was 49, 84 years old when he died
|
as Cornwall |
|
Robert Lindsay
He was 34, now 75 years old
|
as Edmund |
|
Robert Lang
He was 13, 33 years old when he died
|
as Albany |
|
Brian Cox (actor)
He was 36, now 78 years old
|
as Burgundy |
King Lear Crew
| Name |
Department |
|
Michael Elliott as Director. He was 30 (now 72) years old
|
Directing |
