King Lear
Regisseur Edwin Sherin
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.
Cast
René Auberjonois
Edgar
Frederick Coffin
Oswald
Douglass Watson
Kent
Paul Sorvino
Gloucester
Lee Chamberlin
Cordelia
Frankie Faison
Captain
Rosalind Cash
Goneril
Ellen Holly
Regan
George Dzundza
Gentleman
Franklyn Seales
Servant to Cornwall
James Earl Jones
King Lear
James Harper
First Servant to Cornwall
Anthony Chisholm
Servant to Cornwall
Raúl Juliá
Edmund
Tom Aldredge
Fool