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King Lear
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King Lear

May 28, 2018
1h 55m
★ 6.1

Overview

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

Genres

Drama
TV Movie

Production Companies

Playground Entertainment
Sonia Friedman Productions
BBC
Amazon Studios
Lemaise Pictures

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Cast

Anthony Hopkins

Lear

Anthony Hopkins

Emma Thompson

Goneril

Emma Thompson

Emily Watson

Regan

Emily Watson

Jim Broadbent

Earl of Gloucester

Jim Broadbent

Florence Pugh

Cordelia

Florence Pugh

Jim Carter

Earl of Kent

Jim Carter

Andrew Scott

Edgar

Andrew Scott

John Macmillan

Edmund

John Macmillan

Tobias Menzies

Duke of Cornwall

Tobias Menzies

Anthony Calf

Duke of Albany

Anthony Calf

Karl Johnson

Fool

Karl Johnson

Christopher Eccleston

Oswald

Christopher Eccleston

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