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King LearYear: 1983
Genre: Drama
Channel: Channel 4
Running Time: 157 minutes
Available from: 1 Jul 2021
Available until: 1 Jul 2024

Laurence Olivier won an Emmy for this forceful and compelling performance as Lear, in what is arguably Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy - a story of misplaced trust, filial ingratitude, envy and the lust for power.

Cast and Crew

Director: Michael Elliott
Cast: Colin Blakely, Leo Mckern, Robert Lindsay, Laurence Olivier, Dorothy Tutin, Anna Calder-Marshall, Diana Rigg, Robert Lang, Jeremy Kemp, Brian Cox, Edward Petherbridge, David Threlfall, Geoffrey Bateman, John Cording, John Hurt, Benny Young, Esmond Knight, Ian Ruskin, Paul Curran, Ronald Forfar, Harry Walker
Writer: William Shakespeare

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