King Lear

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

James Earl Jones

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Douglass Watson

Paul Sorvino

Raúl Juliá

Rosalind Cash

Lee Chamberlin

Ellen Holly

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Robert Stattel

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Robert Lanchester

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Lou Quinones

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Jean-Pierre Stewart

René Auberjonois