The read
A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10. It runs long at 2h 36m.
Synopsis
The Stratford Festival’s critically acclaimed performance of King Lear. An aging monarch resolves to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, with consequences he little expects. His reason shattered in the storm of violent emotion that ensues, with his very life hanging in the balance, Lear loses everything that has defined him as a king – and thereby discovers the essence of his own humanity.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Joan TosoniDirector
- Keith ThomasOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Colm FeoreKing Lear
- Jonathan GoadKent
- Sara FarbCordelia
- Maev BeatyGoneril
- Liisa Repo-MartellRegan
- Stephen OuimetteFool
- Scott WentworthGloucester
- Evan BuliungEdgar
- Brad HodderEdmund
- Michael BlakeAlbany
- Mike SharaCornwall
- Thomas OlajideOswald
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Themes
king lear