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.

• Edwin SherinDirector

• James Earl JonesKing Lear
• Douglass WatsonKent
• Paul SorvinoGloucester
• Raúl JuliáEdmund
• Rosalind CashGoneril
• Lee ChamberlinCordelia
• Ellen HollyRegan
• Robert StattelAlbany
• Robert LanchesterCornwall
• Lou QuinonesBurgundy
• Jean-Pierre StewartFrance
• René AuberjonoisEdgar