"An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one."
Michael Hordern
as King Lear
Brenda Blethyn
as Cordelia
Gillian Barge
as Goneril
Penelope Wilton
as Regan
John Shrapnel
as Earl of Kent
Norman Rodway
as Earl of Gloucester
Michael Kitchen
as Edmund
John Bird
as Duke of Albany
Julian Curry
as Duke of Cornwall
David Weston
as Duke of Burgundy
Harry Waters
as King of France
Anton Lesser
as Edgar
John Grillo
as Oswald
Iain Armstrong
as First Gentleman
Frank Middlemass
as Fool
Ken Stott
as Curan
Stuart Blake
as First Servant
Tony Sympson
as Second Servant
Peter Walmsley
as Third Servant
George Howe
as Doctor
John Dallimore
as Second Gentleman
Tim Brown
as Captain
Adam Kurakin
as Herald
Fraser Wilson
as Third Gentleman
Richard Albrecht
as Officer
Jonathan Miller
Director
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Raymond Hughes
Costume Design
Howard Dell
Editor
Ron Green
Cinematography
Colin Lowrey
Production Design
Peter Stenning
Production Manager
Eileen Mair
Makeup Artist
Derek Miller-Timmins
Sound
Shaun Sutton
Producer