King Lear

Jan 11, 1997

2h 10m

★ 0.0

A tragedy by William Shakespeare, from Orion Theatre in Stockholm

Overview

A tragedy by William Shakespeare about King Lear who intends to abdicate, and therefore wants to carve the kingdom up between his three daughters.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

SVT

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Cast

King Lear

Keve Hjelm

Goneril

Maria Eggers

Regan

Anna Eklund

Cordelia

Tilde Björfors

Duke of Albany

Anders Andersson

Duke of Cornwall

Pär Milstam

Earl of Kent

Michael Meschke

Fool

Annika Brunsten

Earl of Gloucester

Thomas Roos

Edmund

Kjell Tovle

Edgar

Carlo Schmidt

King of France / Captain

Gudmar Wivesson

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