King Lear (Thames Shakespeare Collection)
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Movies/TV › Feature Film Drama
UPC: 733961717198 / Publisher: A&E Home Video, May 2005
The classic Shakespeare play in which an old king prematurely divides his kingdom among his three daughters.
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When England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow. After banishing Cordelia, his most loyal daughter, Lear is betrayed and cast out by her elder sisters Regan and Goneril. Meanwhile, evil brews at the Gloucester castle as Edgar falls victim to his brother's deception. As battle lines are drawn and backs are stabbed, Lear rages against a fearsome storm.
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