
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)




