King Lear (1999 film)

King Lear
Directed by	Brian Blessed Tony Rotherham (additional segments)
Release date	1999 (1999)
Running time	180 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

King Lear is a 1999 adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film stars Brian Blessed (who also co-directed the film, along with Tony Rotherham) in the title role. Apart from Peter Brook's King Lear in 1971, it is the only feature-length film adaptation to preserve Shakespeare's verse. Yvonne Griggs, in Shakespeare's King Lear: A close study of the relationship between text and film (2009), characterised it as "a very stilted costume drama". ^[1]

Cast

• Brian Blessed as King Lear ^[2]
• Hildegarde Neil as the Fool
• Phillipa Peak as Cordelia - King's good daughter
• Paul Curran as King of France - Cordelia's husband
• Claire Laurie as Regan - King's vengeful daughter
• Graham McTavish as Duke of Albany - Regan's husband
• Caroline Lennon as Goneril ^[2] - King's vengeful daughter
• Mark Denny as Duke of Cornwall - Goneril's husband
• Robert Whelan as Earl of Glouster - Blinded by Cornwell
• Jason Riddington as Edmund - Glouster's evil bastard son
• Mark Burgess as Edgar - Glouster's legitimate son
• Iain Stuart Robertson as Earl of Kent - King's servant

See also

• List of historical drama films

References

1. Griggs, Yvonne (2009). Shakespeare's King Lear: A close study of the relationship between text and film. Screen Adaptations. A&C Black. ISBN   9781408144015.
2. "Shakespeare's Tragedies: King Lear". Netflix. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

External links

• King Lear at IMDb