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King Lear (Original title)
Date: 19 September 1982 (Television)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Director: Jonathan Miller

Synopsis: Adaptation of Shakespeare's playSynopsis: Television production of Shakespeare's play

Subject:
King Lear (play)

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 19 September 1982Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 19:15-22:25Runtime: 190 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound

Credits (7)
Production Company: BBC, Production Company: BBC TV, Production Company: Time-Life Television, Producer: Shaun Sutton, Author of the Original Work: William Shakespeare, Transmission Company: BBC
Cast (11)
Michael Hordern (King Lear), Brenda Blethyn (Cordelia), Michael Kitchen (Edmund), Frank Middlemass (Fool), Penelope Wilton (Regan), Gillian Barge (Goneril), Norman Rodway (Gloucester), John Shrapnel (Kent), John Wells (Albany), Anton Lesser (Edgar), John Grillo (Oswald)