Performance
Season: 7
Episode: 1
King Lear
Air Date:21/03/1998
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.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Barbara Flynn
Character: Goneril
Department: Acting
Name: Ian Holm
Character: King Lear
Department: Acting
Name: Amanda Redman
Character: Regan
Department: Acting
Name: Timothy West
Character: Gloucester
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Bryant
Character: Fool
Department: Acting
Name: David Burke
Character: Kent
Department: Acting
Name: Paul Rhys
Character: Edgar
Department: Acting
Name: Finbar Lynch
Character: Edmund
Department: Acting
Name: Victoria Hamilton
Character: Cordelia
Department: Acting
Name: David Lyon
Character: Albany
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Simkins
Character: Cornwall
Department: Acting
Name: William Osborne
Character: Oswald
Department: Acting
Name: Harry Jones
Character: Old man
Department: Acting
Name: Adrian Irvine
Character: France
Department: Acting
Name: Nicholas Bailey
Character: Burgundy
Department: Acting
Name: Martin Chamberlain
Character: Lear's knight
Department: Acting
Name: Paul Benzing
Character: Captain
Department: Acting
Name: James Kerr
Character: Messenger
Department: Acting