King Lear (1974)
• February 20th, 1974 • 2h 55min
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Aladdin: Live from the West End
Released on:
Music, Romance, Fantasy, Comedy
In the boorish city of Agrabah, kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin and Princess Jasmine fall in love...
Tosca
Released on: 2014-10-16
In a mythical yet real Rome, from the shadows of the church of Sant’ Andrea della Valle to the terra...
Death Takes a Holiday
Released on: 2023-06-19
Music, Romance, Fantasy
This is the story of the 1920s, shortly after mankind woke up from the nightmare of World War I, a t...
Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play
Released on: 2002-04-04
Comedy, Drama
Before it was a movie, it was a theatrical phenomenon! When Helen learns that her husband is leaving...
The Hobart Shakespeareans
Released on: 2005-09-06
Documentary
Rafe Esquith, 1992 American Teacher of the Year and National Medal of Arts recipient, teaches 5th-gr...
Othello
Released on: 1951-11-28
Drama
When a secret marriage is planned between Othello, a Moorish general, and Desdemona, the daughter of...
Newsies
Released on: 2017-02-16
Music, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When t...
National Theatre Live: Skylight
Released on: 2014-07-24
Drama
On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis receives an unexpected visit from her f...
Ghosts
Released on: 2014-06-26
Drama
Helene Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's...
Othello
Released on: 2023-03-29
Frantic Assembly's famous take on Othello revived in 2023, featuring Michael Akinsulire in the title...
National Theatre Live: Good
Released on: 2023-04-20
Drama, War
As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds hi...
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Released on: 1991-02-08
Comedy, Drama
Rosencrantz and Guildensterm, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road t...
King Lear
Released on: 1975-03-23
Drama
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their ...
Titus
Released on: 1999-12-25
Drama, History
Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. S...
O, Brawling Love!
Released on: 2023-08-24
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two rival acting students are forced to reconcile their differences and play lovers Romeo and Juliet...
Othello
Released on: 1995-12-15
Drama
The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in th...
Othello
Released on: 2021-01-13
"Othello, a Moor, falls in love with Desdemona but is broken by jealousy falsely encouraged. Shakesp...
The Merchant of Venice
Released on: 2004-12-03
Drama, Romance
Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of mo...
Skleněný pokoj
Released on: 2021-02-08
Drama
When the Tugendhat family had their villa built in the late 1920s, they had no idea how many stories...
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Released on: 1982-08-25
Comedy
Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catas...