King Lear (Le Roi Lear (Comédie-Française))

Overview

King Lear, as he ages, decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. However, the transfer of power comes with one condition: a declaration of love from each of them to their father. If Regan and Goneril serve him the speech he hoped for, Cordelia, his favorite, does not give in to the hypocrisy of her elder sisters. The restraint of his daughter triggers the anger of Lear who, humiliated, disinherits her.

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Cast

Éric Génovèse

Gloucester

Denis Podalydès

Lear

Stéphane Varupenne

Le Fou du roi et un vieillard

Christophe Montenez

Edmond

Jennifer Decker

Regan