An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Directed by Richard Eyre
theater play
fool
tragedy
storm
king lear
abdication
elizabethan england
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3.2 / 5
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Cast
Anthony Hopkins
Lear
Emma Thompson
Goneril
Emily Watson
Regan
Jim Broadbent
Earl of Gloucester
Florence Pugh
Cordelia
Jim Carter
Earl of Kent
Andrew Scott
Edgar
John Macmillan
Edmund
Tobias Menzies
Duke of Cornwall
Anthony Calf
Duke of Albany
Karl Johnson
Fool
Christopher Eccleston
Oswald
Crew
Richard Eyre
Director
Richard Eyre
Writer
Stephen Warbeck
Original Music Composer
Colin Callender
Executive Producer
Noëlette Buckley
Producer
Nina Gold
Casting Director
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Charlotte Dirickx
Set Decoration
Matt Curtis
Title Designer
Naomi Donne
Makeup Designer
Naomi Donne
Hair Designer
Arron Monkman
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Popular Reviews
65 reviews
Butch
1.0★ · 05/19/26
Straight Ass. Couldn’t understand a word. DO NOT RECOMMEND.
Straight Ass. Couldn’t understand a word. DO NOT RECOMMEND.
mia
4.0★ · 03/25/26
you truly can’t do a court jester/fool character in a modern setting because every time he was there i had no idea what the random senile old man wearing a stupid hat was doing
you truly can’t do a court jester/fool character in a modern setting because every time he was there i had no idea what the random senile old man wearing a stupid hat was doing
skylar
5.0★ · 03/02/26
having sex as they pluck his eyes out was not necessary
having sex as they pluck his eyes out was not necessary
Sage
4.0★ · 01/12/26
Watching this movie reminded me how little I understood of the book
Watching this movie reminded me how little I understood of the book
Киртрус
1.0★ · 12/31/25
Посмею заявить, что это худший фильм, просмотренный мною в этом году (пока что)
Посмею заявить, что это худший фильм, просмотренный мною в этом году (пока что)
