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.
as King Lear
as Kent
as Gloucester
as Edmund
as Goneril
as Cordelia
as Regan
as Albany
as Cornwall
as Burgundy
as France
as Edgar
as Oswald
as Fool
as Gentleman
as Curan
as First Servant to Cornwall
as Servant to Cornwall
as Servant to Cornwall
as Old Man
as Messenger
as Doctor
as Messenger
as Captain
as Herald
as Gentleman
as Attendant
as Attendant
as Attendant
as Attendant
