King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
as King Lear
as Regan
as Goneril
as Cordelia
as Fool
as Albany
as Edmund
as Cornwall
as Oswald
as King of France
as Gloster
as Kent
as Edgar
as Gloster's Servant
as King Lear (voice)
as Gloster (voice)
as Albany (voice)
as Edgar (voice) / Messenger (uncredited)
