
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.
King Lear

Kent
Gloucester

Edmund

Goneril

Cordelia

Regan

Albany
Cornwall
Burgundy
France
Edgar

Oswald

Fool

Gentleman

Curan
First Servant to Cornwall

Servant to Cornwall

Servant to Cornwall

Old Man
Messenger
Doctor
Messenger
Captain

Herald
Gentleman
Attendant
Attendant
Attendant
Attendant