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King Lear
King Lear
8.0
/10
63 Ratings

KING LEAR

Directed by Peter Brook
United Kingdom, Denmark, 1971
Drama

Synopsis

Paul Scofeld is an ancient, imposing shell of a Lear tormented by his too-long life as well as by daughters he calls “untatural hags.” The Shakespeare tragedy that gave us the expression “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child.”

Synopsis

Paul Scofeld is an ancient, imposing shell of a Lear tormented by his too-long life as well as by daughters he calls “untatural hags.” The Shakespeare tragedy that gave us the expression “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child.”