King Lear (1998 TV)

King Lear (1998 TV)
Director: Richard Eyre
==Synopsis==
King Lear (Ian Holm), old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia (Victoria Hamilton), youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril (Barbara Flynn) and Regan (Amanda Redman) have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester (Timothy West) favors his illegitimate son Edmund (Finbar Lynch) after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar (Paul Rhys). Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
==Male Deaths==
*Ian Holm [King Lear]
*Finbar Lynch [Edmund]
*Michael Simkins [Cornwall]
*Timothy West [Gloucester]
==Female Deaths==
*Barbara Flynn [Goneril]
*Victoria Hamilton [Cordelia]
*Amanda Redman [Regan]
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