King Lear - 2008

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

Country United Kingdom

Production Country United Kingdom

Language English

Spoken Language English

Gneres Drama , TV Movie

Production Company Richard Price TV Associates Ltd.

Release Date 6 August 2008

150 mins

Cast

Ian McKellen King Lear

Romola Garai Cordelia

Monica Dolan Regan

Sylvester McCoy The Fool

Philip Winchester Edmund

Peter Hinton Duke of Burgundy

Jonathan Hyde Earl of Kent

Frances Barber Goneril

William Gaunt Earl of Gloucester

Julian Harries Duke of Albany

Ben Meyjes Edgar

Guy Williams Duke of Cornwall

John Heffernan Oswald

Crew

Director

Trevor Nunn

Executive Producer

Richard Price

Cinematography

Paul Wheeler

Composer

Steve Edis

Original Writer

William Shakespeare