King Lear (1999 film)
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| King Lear | |
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Running time | 180 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
King Lear is a 1999 adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film stars Brian Blessed (who also co-directed the film, along with Tony Rotherham) in the title role. Apart from Peter Brook's King Lear in 1971, it is the only other feature-length film adaptation to preserve Shakespeare's verse. Yvonne Griggs, in Shakespeare's King Lear: A close study of the relationship between text and film (2009), characterised it as "a very stilted costume drama".[1]
Cast
[edit]- Brian Blessed as King Lear[2]
- Hildegarde Neil as the Fool
- Phillipa Peak as Cordelia - King's good daughter
- Paul Curran as King of France - Cordelia's husband
- Claire Laurie as Regan - King's vengeful daughter
- Graham McTavish as Duke of Albany - Regan's husband
- Caroline Lennon as Goneril[2] - King's vengeful daughter
- Mark Denny as Duke of Cornwall - Goneril's husband
- Robert Whelan as Earl of Glouster - Blinded by Cornwell
- Jason Riddington as Edmund - Glouster's evil bastard son
- Mark Burgess as Edgar - Glouster's legitimate son
- Iain Stuart Robertson as Earl of Kent - King's servant
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Griggs, Yvonne (2009). Shakespeare's King Lear: A close study of the relationship between text and film. Screen Adaptations. A&C Black. ISBN 9781408144015.
- ^ a b "Shakespeare's Tragedies: King Lear". Netflix. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
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