King Lear
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.
Director Edwin Sherin
Cast
Anthony Chisholm
Servant to Cornwall
Paul Sorvino
Gloucester
René Auberjonois
Edgar
Frankie Faison
Captain
Raúl Juliá
Edmund
Ellen Holly
Regan
James Harper
First Servant to Cornwall
Lee Chamberlin
Cordelia
Tom Aldredge
Fool
George Dzundza
Gentleman
James Earl Jones
King Lear
Douglass Watson
Kent
Rosalind Cash
Goneril
Frederick Coffin
Oswald
Franklyn Seales
Servant to Cornwall