Michael Hordern

King Lear

Brenda Blethyn

Cordelia

Gillian Barge

Goneril

Penelope Wilton

Regan

John Shrapnel

Earl of Kent

Norman Rodway

Earl of Gloucester

Michael Kitchen

Edmund

John Bird

Duke of Albany

Julian Curry

Duke of Cornwall

David Weston

Duke of Burgundy

Harry Waters

King of France

Anton Lesser

Edgar

John Grillo

Oswald

Iain Armstrong

First Gentleman

Frank Middlemass

Fool

Ken Stott

Curan

Stuart Blake

First Servant

Tony Sympson

Second Servant

Peter Walmsley

Third Servant

George Howe

Doctor

John Dallimore

Second Gentleman

Tim Brown

Captain

Adam Kurakin

Herald

Fraser Wilson

Third Gentleman

Richard Albrecht

Officer