King Lear
20/02/1974
3h
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James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he's exalted the two who seek to destroy him. This live performance recording of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production deftly envisions the bard's haunting tragedy with a fine supporting cast, including Raul Julia, Paul Sorvino and Rene Auberjonois.
Cast
James Earl Jones
King Lear
Douglass Watson
Kent
Paul Sorvino
Gloucester
Raúl Juliá
Edmund
Rosalind Cash
Goneril
Lee Chamberlin
Cordelia
Ellen Holly
Regan
Robert Stattel
Albany
Robert Lanchester
Cornwall
Lou Quinones
Burgundy
Jean-Pierre Stewart
France
René Auberjonois
Edgar
Frederick Coffin
Oswald
Tom Aldredge
Fool
George Dzundza
Gentleman
John R. Tobinski
Curan
James Harper
First Servant to Cornwall
Anthony Chisholm
Servant to Cornwall
Franklyn Seales
Servant to Cornwall
Charles Pegues
Old Man
Redvers Jeanmarie
Messenger
William Hart
Doctor
Gregory Mosher
Messenger
Frankie Faison
Captain
George Addison
Herald
James West III
Gentleman
Jose Machado
Attendant
Simpson Markson
Attendant
Kevin Maung
Attendant
John Salat
Attendant
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