TV Shows/BBC Play of the Month/Season 10/S10E07

S10E07

23 Mar 1975

King Lear

BBC Play of the Month – Season 10

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

Cast

Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern

Lear

Sarah Badel

Sarah Badel

Goneril

Penelope Wilton

Penelope Wilton

Regan

Angela Down

Angela Down

Cordelia

Frank Middlemass

Frank Middlemass

The Fool

Benjamin Whitrow

Benjamin Whitrow

Duke of Albany

John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

Duke of Cornwall

David Neal

David Neal

King of France

David Horovitch

David Horovitch

Duke of Burgundy

Anthony Nicholls

Anthony Nicholls

Earl of Gloucester

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