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.
James Earl Jones
Douglass Watson
Paul Sorvino
Raúl Juliá
Rosalind Cash
Lee Chamberlin
Ellen Holly
Robert Stattel
Robert Lanchester
Lou Quinones
Jean-Pierre Stewart
René Auberjonois
Frederick Coffin
Tom Aldredge
George Dzundza
John R. Tobinski
James Harper
Anthony Chisholm
Franklyn Seales
Charles Pegues
Redvers Jeanmarie
William Hart
Gregory Mosher
Frankie Faison
George Addison
James West III
Jose Machado
Simpson Markson
Kevin Maung
John Salat