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An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
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Michael Hordern
King Lear
Brenda Blethyn
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Gillian Barge
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Penelope Wilton
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John Shrapnel
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Norman Rodway
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Michael Kitchen
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John Bird
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Julian Curry
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David Weston
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