King Lear

Synopsis: In an alternative present, England is ruled by a military dictator, King Lear (Anthony Hopkins). In deciding upon his successor, Lear makes the mistake of being swayed by the flattery of his perspective heirs with disastrous consequences for him and the one child who truly loves him.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 28 May 2018 at 21:30 (Channel: BBC2)
Duration: 115 mins

Director

Richard Eyre

Producer

Noëlette Buckley

Cinematographer

Ben Smithard; Michael McDermott

Writer

William Shakespeare

Editor

Dan Farrell

Music

Stephen Warbeck

Production Design

Ralph Francis

Art Direction

Astrid Sieben

Executive Producer

Colin Callender; Scott Huff; Sonia Friedman

Cast

Anthony Hopkins	Lear
Florence Pugh	Cordelia
Jim Broadbent	Earl of Gloucester
Karl Johnson	Fool
Andrew Scott	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Anthony Calf	Duke of Albany
Christopher Eccleston	Oswald
Chuk Iwuji	King of France
Emma Thompson	Goneril
Emma Watson	Regan
Jim Carter	Earl of Kent
John Macmillan	Edmund
Shawn Dixon	Knight
Simon Manyonda	Duke of Burgundy
Tobias Menzies	Duke of Cornwall