| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 20, 1974 |
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| Director: | Edwin Sherin |
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| Production Companies | Broadway Theatre Archive |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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 |
| Name | Job |
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| Edwin Sherin | Director |
| Santo Loquasto | Production Design |
| Charles Gross | Music |
| Gene Searchinger | Cinematography |
| George Keenan | Editor |
| Theoni V. Aldredge | Costume Design |
| Lou Bruno | Sound |
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