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King Lear

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.

Top Cast

  • Jüri Järvet

    Jüri Järvet

    King Lear

  • Galina Volchek

    Galina Volchek

    Regan

  • Elza Radziņa

    Elza Radziņa

    Goneril

  • Valentina Shendrikova

    Valentina Shendrikova

    Cordelia

  • Oleg Dal

    Oleg Dal

    Fool

  • Donatas Banionis

    Donatas Banionis

    Albany

  • Regimantas Adomaitis

    Regimantas Adomaitis

    Edmund

  • Aleksandr Vokach

    Aleksandr Vokach

    Cornwall

  • Aleksey Petrenko

    Aleksey Petrenko

    Oswald

Overview

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.

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