Overview:
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.| Status: | Released (2018-05-28) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 17 nominations total |
| Screen: | Richard Eyre, William Shakespeare |
| Productions: | Playground Entertainment, Sonia Friedman Productions, BBC, Amazon Studios, Lemaise Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 4173: Anthony Hopkins - Lear
- 7056: Emma Thompson - Goneril
- 1639: Emily Watson - Regan
- 388: Jim Broadbent - Earl of Gloucester
- 1373737: Florence Pugh - Cordelia
- 20070: Jim Carter - Earl of Kent
- 125660: Andrew Scott - Edgar
Crews
- 3897551: Kevin Day - Standby Property Master - Art
- 36693: Richard Eyre - Writer - Writing
- 36693: Richard Eyre - Director - Directing
- 2128567: Sharon Moran - Production Manager - Production
- 10908: Peter Francis - Production Design - Art
- 1024844: Charlotte Dirickx - Set Decoration - Art
- 1239412: Colin Callender - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
Stephen Campbell
Review text:
**_A strong adaptation marred by a poor central performance_** > _The Lear of Shakespeare cannot be acted. The contemptible machinery by which they mimic the storm which he goes out in, is not more inadequate to represent the horrors of the real elements, than any actor can be to ....
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