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King Lear

King Lear

2016•3h 0m•8.0/10
Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
8.0/10(2)

Don Warrington stars as the tragic monarch in this acclaimed version of the Shakespeare play recorded at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.

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Production

Lear the Film, Royal Exchange Theatre

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Don Warrington

Don Warrington

King Lear

Alfred Enoch

Alfred Enoch

Edgar

Miltos Yerolemou

Miltos Yerolemou

Fool

Rakie Ayola

Rakie Ayola

Goneril

Fraser Ayres

Fraser Ayres

Edmund

Norman Bowman

Norman Bowman

Duke of Cornwall

Thomas Coombes

Thomas Coombes

Oswald

Wil Johnson

Wil Johnson

Earl of Kent

Philip Whitchurch

Philip Whitchurch

Earl of Gloucester

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