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BBC Television Shakespeare :: King Lear (05x01)

Episode Information

Title:

King Lear

Episode #:

05x01

Original Airdate:

Sunday September 19th, 1982

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Episode Crew
Director:	Jonathan Miller (2)
Writer:	William Shakespeare

Episode Summary

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Old King Lear leaves his kingdom to two of his scheming daughters and ends up getting tossed out on his behind to wander his former realm in poverty.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Anton Lesser	played	Edgar	Recurring (second appearance)
•Brenda Blethyn	played	Cordelia	Recurring (first appearance)
•Frank Middlemass	played	Fool	Recurring (second appearance)
•John Shrapnel	played	Kent	Recurring (third appearance)
•John Wells (2)	played	Albany	Recurring (first appearance)
•Michael Hordern	played	King Lear	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Michael Kitchen	played	Edmund	Recurring (first appearance)
•Norman Rodway	played	Gloucester	Recurring (second appearance)
•Penelope Wilton	played	Regan	Recurring (second appearance)
•Gillian Barge	played	Goneril
•John Grillo	played	Oswald