King Lear (2018)

King Lear (2018)
Director: Richard Eyre
==Synopsis==
An aging King (Anthony Hopkins) invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters (Emma Thompson and Emily Watson), and rejects his loving and honest one (Florence Pugh).
==Male Deaths==
*Jim Broadbent [Earl of Gloucester]
*Karl Johnson [Fool]
*Anthony Hopkins [Lear]
*John MacMillan [Edmund]
*Tobias Menzies [Duke of Cornwall]
==Female Deaths==
*Florence Pugh [Cordelia]
*Emma Thompson [Goneril]
*Emily Watson [Regan]
==Gallery==
TobiasMenzies-KingLear-Stabbed.png|Tobias Menzies
KarlJohnson-KingLear-HeartAttack.png|Karl Johnson
JimBroadbent-KingLear-PassingAway.png|Jim Broadbent
JohnMacMillan-KingLear-BrokenSpine.png|John MacMillan
Florencepughkinglear.png|Florence Pugh
Kl 1-49 screenshot.png|Emma Thompson/Emily Watson
AnthonyHopkins-KingLear-HeartAttack.png|Anthony Hopkins
==Trivia==
*Although Oswald (Christopher Eccleston) dies at the hands of Edgar (Andrew Scott) in William Shakespeare's script, his death is omitted from this adaptation.
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