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King Lear

20122h 30mMovie

Captured live at the Almeida Theatre in November 2012. An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

DirectorMichael Attenborough

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Cast · Directed by Michael Attenborough

JPJonathan Pryce
Jonathan Pryce
King Lear
CWClive Wood
Clive Wood
Earl of Gloucester
RHRichard Hope
Richard Hope
Duke of Albany
PFPhoebe Fox
Phoebe Fox
Cordelia
IGIan Gelder
Ian Gelder
Earl of Kent
ZW
Zoe Waites
Goneril
JJJenny Jules
Jenny Jules
Regan
KBKieran Bew
Kieran Bew
Edmund
JSJoplin Sibtain
Joplin Sibtain
Duke of Cornwall
BDBenjamin Dilloway
Benjamin Dilloway
King of France
RGRichard Goulding
Richard Goulding
Edgar
BMBarry McCarthy
Barry McCarthy
Lear's Gentleman

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King Lear hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 20, 2012. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.