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    King Lear

    1970

    English

    7.2

    3

    67%

    72%

    Action

    based on play or musical

    betrayal

    Drama

    dysfunctional family

    infidelity

    murder

    romantic rivalry

    Peter Brook Peter Brook Director Patrick Magee Patrick Magee as Cornwall Ian Hogg Ian Hogg as Edmund Jack MacGowran Jack MacGowran as Fool Paul Scofield Paul Scofield as King Lear
    King Lear is a proud man who solicits praise from his three daughters in return for inheritance of the kingdom. Daughters Goneril and Regan profess their affection vehemently. Cordelia, who does not respect the process her father has chosen, does not humor him. Lear's perceived rejection from Cordelia leads to her banishment, thus splitting the kingdom between the other two. This hasty decision becomes his fatal error.
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