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William Shakespeare (play)
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26 January 1984 (USA) more
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An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations more
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A Lear for all time. more (30 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Laurence Olivier | ... | King Lear |
 | Colin Blakely | ... | Kent |
| Anna Calder-Marshall | ... | Cordelia |
| Jeremy Kemp | ... | Cornwall |
| Robert Lang | ... | Albany |
| Robert Lindsay | ... | Edmund |
| Leo McKern | ... | Gloucester |
| David Threlfall | ... | Edgar |
| Dorothy Tutin | ... | Goneril |
 | John Hurt | ... | The Fool |
| Diana Rigg | ... | Regan |
 | Brian Cox | ... | Burgundy |
| Edward Petherbridge | ... | France |
| Geoffrey Bateman | ... | Oswald |
| John Cording | ... | Lear's Knight |
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158 min
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The last specifically made-for-television production of a Shakespeare play (to date) to have its American TV premiere on commercial network television, an occurrence that was much more common in the 1950's, '60's, and '70s. more
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King Lear:
I know you do not love me, For your sisters have, as I remember, done me wrong. You have some cause; they have not.
Cordelia:
No cause, no cause.
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Version of King of Texas (2002) (TV) more
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Olivier turns in one of the most brilliant performances of his career in the title role of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy.His Lear is not a God like King shooting fire from the heavens upon all that cross him,but a petulant Old Man far too aware of His mortality.The subtlety of Olivier's performance shine through every scene,particulary in Act V's "Never,never,never" speech. The production is also blessed with one of the finest supporting casts ever assembled. Diana Rigg and Dorothy Tutin add such bitchy realisim to Regan and Goneral that We can connect them easily with People We have known,Robert Lindsay is a very cunning off the edge Edmund and Leo McKern is touching as the ill fated Duke Of Gloucester.Anna Calder Marshall and John Hurt also shine in their all too brief appearances as Cordelia and Foll. The direction is tight and focused and the mood chilling.This is a Lear to be watched Over and Over for the sheer magnetisim of the performances and the exquisite style of the piece.