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Masterpiece :: King Lear (28x01)

Episode Information

Title:

King Lear

Episode #:

28x01

Original Airdate:

Sunday October 11th, 1998

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Episode Crew
Director:	Richard Eyre
Story:	William Shakespeare

Episode Summary

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Shakespeare's classic tragedy about a king who decides to divide his kingdom up between his three daughters and then lives to regret his decision.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Barbara Flynn	played	Goneril	Recurring (first appearance)
•Michael Simkins	played	Earl of Cornwall	Recurring (first appearance)
•Paul Rhys	played	Edgar	Recurring (first appearance)
•Timothy West	played	Duke of Gloucester	Recurring (5th appearance)
•Victoria Hamilton (1)	played	Cordelia	Recurring (first appearance)
•Adrian Irvine	played	King of France
•Amanda Redman	played	Regan
•David Burke (2)	played	Earl of Kent
•David Lyon (1)	played	Duke of Albany
•Finbar Lynch	played	Edmund
•Harry Jones	played	Old Man
•Ian Holm	played	King Lear
•James Kerr (1)	played	Messenger
•Martin Chamberlain	played	Knight
•Michael Bryant (1)	played	Fool
•Nicholas Bailey (1)	played	Duke of Burgundy
•Paul Benzing	played	Captain
•William Osborne (2)	played	Oswald