King Lear
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Douglass Watson · Ellen Holly · James Earl Jones · Lee Chamberlin · Lou Quinones · Paul Sorvino · Raúl Juliá · Robert Lanchester · Robert Stattel · Rosalind Cash · Edwin Sherin