King Lear
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.
Cast
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
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