King Lear
1975 | 120m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Jonathan Miller |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 23, 1975 |
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| Director: | Jonathan Miller |
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| Production Companies | BBC |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Michael Hordern | King Lear |
| Sarah Badel | Goneril |
| Penelope Wilton | Regan |
| Angela Down | Cordelia |
| Frank Middlemass | Fool |
| Anthony Nicholls | Earl of Gloucester |
| Michael Jayston | Edmund |
| Ronald Pickup | Edgar |
| Ewan Hooper | Earl of Kent |
| Benjamin Whitrow | Duke of Albany |
| John Shrapnel | Duke of Cornwall |
| Donald Gee | Oswald |
| David Horovitch | Duke of Burgundy |
| David Neal | King of France |
| George Merritt | Old Man |
| Mike Hayward | First Servant |
| Roger Elliott | Second Servant |
| Geoffrey Collins | Third Servant |
| David Kincaid | Gentleman / Attendanton Cordelia |
| Leslie Glazer | Doctor |
| Paul Haley | Captain |
| David Sinclair | Herald |
| Alec Sabin | First Officer |
| Terry Wright | Second Officer |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Vic Symonds | Production Design |
| Juanita Waterson | Costume Design |
| Jonathan Miller | Director |
| Fraser Lowden | Production Manager |
| Martin Friend | Production Assistant |
| Eileen Mair | Makeup & Hair |
| Dennis Channon | Lighting Director |
| Colin Dixon | Sound |
| Alan Shallcross | Script Editor |
| Name | Title |
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| Cedric Messina | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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