< King Lear (2008)

MOVIE | 2h 36m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 7.5 (734)

Drama | Sir Ian McKellen gives a tour-de-force performance as Shakespeare's tragic monarch, in this special television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company production of one of the playwright's most enduring and haunting works.

• Director: Trevor Nunn
• Ian McKellen (69) - King Lear
• William Gaunt (71) - Earl of Gloucester
• Philip Winchester (27) - Edmund
• Ben Meyjes - Edgar
• Frances Barber (50) - Goneril
• Monica Dolan (39) - Regan
• Romola Garai (26) - Cordelia
• Sylvester McCoy (65) - Lear's Fool
• Jonathan Hyde (60) - Earl of Kent
• Guy Williams - Duke of Cornwall
• Julian Harries - Duke of Albany
• John Heffernan (27) - Oswald
• Russell Byrne - First Gloucester Servant // Doctor
• David Weston (70) - Gentleman
• Peter Hinton - Duke of Burgundy // Captain
• Ben Addis - King of France
• Seymour Matthews (64) - Curan
• Zoe Boyle - Lady in Waiting
• Richard Goulding - Messenger
• Melanie Jessop - Second Gloucester Servant