Released:
1974-02-20

Overview:
James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he's exalted the two who seek to destroy him. This live performance recording of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production deftly envisions the bard's haunting tragedy with a fine supporting cast, including Raul Julia, Paul Sorvino and Rene Auberjonois.

Director:
Edwin Sherin

Runtime:
2h 55min

Genre:

• Cast:
• 
  James Earl Jones
  as
  King Lear
• 
  Douglass Watson
  as
  Kent
• 
  Paul Sorvino
  as
  Gloucester
• 
  Raúl Juliá
  as
  Edmund
• 
  Rosalind Cash
  as
  Goneril