King Lear: Directed by Edwin Sherin. With Douglass Watson, Paul Sorvino, Raul Julia, James Earl Jones. King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him.

Feb 14, 2021 · King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly...

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"Great Performances" King Lear (TV Episode 1971) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

In 1974, the New York Shakespeare Festival presented, as one of its free summer productions, King Lear directed by Edwin Sherin, and starring James Earl Jones as Lear, with Paul Sorvino as Gloucester, Raul Julia as Edmund, and Rene Auberjonois as Edgar.

May 29, 2024 · James Earl Jones, Paul Sorvino, Raul Julia, Rosalind Cash, Lee Chamberlin, Ellen Holly

The James Earl Jones version of the infamous "Blow winds and crack your cheeks" speech

James Earl Jones is born for the role of King Lear! I get goosebumps when he delivers the monologues, like the one from Act II scene IV: "You think I'll weep. No, I'll not weep: I have full cause of weeping; but this heart shall break into a hundred thousand flaws, Or ere I'll weep.

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.