Performance King Lear (Season 7, Episode 1)
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TV Episode | 150 min | Drama

Performance

King Lear (Season 7, Episode 1)

Not Rated

TV Episode | 150 min | Drama

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he ...See moreKing Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers. Written by Jim Beaver See less

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Paul Rhys Edgar Edgar See fewer	Chaplin (1992)
Finbar Lynch Edmund Edmund See fewer	Child 44 (2015)
Timothy West Gloucester Gloucester See fewer	The Day of the Jackal (1973)
David Burke Kent Kent See fewer	The Woman in Black (2012)
Barbara Flynn Goneril Goneril See fewer	Miss Potter (2006)
Amanda Redman Regan Regan See fewer	Sexy Beast (2000)
Victoria Hamilton Cordelia Cordelia See fewer	Mansfield Park (1999)
David Lyon Albany Albany See fewer	House of Cards (1990)
Michael Simkins Cornwall Cornwall See fewer	V for Vendetta (2005)
Ian Holm Lear Lear See fewer	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Martin Chamberlain Lear's Knight Lear's Knight See fewer	Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Adrian Irvine France France See fewer	CI5: The New Professionals (1998)
Nicholas R. Bailey Burgundy Burgundy See fewer	House of Anubis (2011)
William Osborne Oswald Oswald See fewer	The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Michael Bryant Fool Fool See fewer	Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Harry Jones Old Man Old Man See fewer	Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
James E. Kerr Messenger (as James Kerr) Messenger (as James Kerr) See fewer	Crimetime (1996)
Paul Benzing Captain Captain See fewer	National Theatre Live: Nation (2010)