King Lear (1975)
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 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.
Director: Jonathan Miller
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Michael Hordern as King Lear |
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Sarah Badel as Goneril |
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Penelope Wilton as Regan |
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Angela Down as Cordelia |
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Frank Middlemass as Fool |
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Anthony Nicholls as Earl of Gloucester |
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Michael Jayston as Edmund |
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Ronald Pickup as Edgar |
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Ewan Hooper as Earl of Kent |
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Benjamin Whitrow as Duke of Albany |
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John Shrapnel as Duke of Cornwall |
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Donald Gee as Oswald |
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David Horovitch as Duke of Burgundy |
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David Neal as King of France |
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George Merritt as Old Man |
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Mike Hayward as First Servant |
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Roger Elliott as Second Servant |
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Geoffrey Collins as Third Servant |
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David Kincaid as Gentleman / Attendanton Cordelia |
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Leslie Glazer as Doctor |
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Paul Haley as Captain |
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David Sinclair as Herald |
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Alec Sabin as First Officer |
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Terry Wright as Second Officer |
| Production | Cedric Messina | Producer |
| Art | Vic Symonds | Production Design |
| Directing | Jonathan Miller | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Juanita Waterson | Costume Design |
| Production | Fraser Lowden | Production Manager |
| Production | Martin Friend | Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eileen Mair | Makeup & Hair |
| Lighting | Dennis Channon | Lighting Director |
| Sound | Colin Dixon | Sound |
| Writing | Alan Shallcross | Script Editor |
