King Lear - 1997

A tragedy by William Shakespeare, from Orion Theatre in Stockholm

A tragedy by William Shakespeare about King Lear who intends to abdicate, and therefore wants to carve the kingdom up between his three daughters.

Country Sweden

Production Country Sweden

Language Swedish

Spoken Language Swedish

Gnere Drama

Production Company SVT

Release Date 11 January 1997

130 mins

Cast

Keve Hjelm King Lear

Maria Eggers Goneril

Anna Eklund Regan

Tilde Björfors Cordelia

Anders Andersson Duke of Albany

Pär Milstam Duke of Cornwall

Michael Meschke Earl of Kent

Annika Brunsten Fool

Thomas Roos Earl of Gloucester

Kjell Tovle Edmund

Carlo Schmidt Edgar

Gudmar Wivesson King of France / Captain

Per Winqvist Duke of Burgundy / Servant

Henrik Nilzén Oswald

Crew

Directors

Peter Oskarson

Bengt Wennehorst-Norman

Producers

Anders Lindblom

Lena Lindahl

Original Writer

William Shakespeare