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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.
James Earl Jones
King Lear
Paul Sorvino
Gloucester
Raúl Juliá
Edmund
Rosalind Cash
Goneril
Lee Chamberlin
Cordelia
Ellen Holly
Regan
René Auberjonois
Edgar
Frederick Coffin
Oswald
Tom Aldredge
Fool
George Dzundza
Gentleman
James Harper
First Servant to Cornwall
Anthony Chisholm
Servant to Cornwall
Franklyn Seales
Servant to Cornwall
Frankie Faison
Captain
Santo Loquasto
Production Design
Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design
Edwin Sherin
Director
Charles Gross
Music
Feb 20, 1974
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