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"King Lear" quotes

King Lear poster
The Shakespeare tragedy that gave us the expression "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child." King Lear has not one but two ungrateful children, and it's especially galling because he turned over his en...

Director: Peter Brook
Writer: Peter Brook, Geoffrey of Monmouth, William Shakespeare
Production: N/A
Genre: drama
Year: 1970
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.2
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 01 Jul 1970
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination

60 video clips

King LearGloucesterReganOswaldKentFoolGonerilEdgarEdmundCornwallAlbanyCordelia
To shake all cares and business from our age - King Lear 00:19 To shake all cares and business from our age Tell me my daughters - King Lear 00:16 Tell me my daughters Nothing will come of nothing - King Lear 00:06 Nothing will come of nothing Come not between the dragon and his wrath - King Lear 00:05 Come not between the dragon and his wrath These late eclips33es in the sun and moon portend no good to us - King Lear 00:29 These late eclips33es in the sun and moon portend no good to... I do profess to be no less than I seem - King Lear 00:34 I do profess to be no less than I seem Where is my fool - King Lear 00:11 Where is my fool You sir come you hither sir - King Lear 00:26 You sir come you hither sir This is nothing fool - King Lear 00:12 This is nothing fool For you know nuncle the hedge sparrow fed the cuckoo so long - King Lear 00:11 For you know nuncle the hedge sparrow fed the cuckoo so long May not an ass know when the cart draws the horse Whoop Jug I love thee - King Lear 00:06 May not an ass know when the cart draws the horse Whoop Jug... Who is it who can tell me who I am - King Lear 00:06 Who is it who can tell me who I am Here do you keep a hundred knights and squires - King Lear 00:18 Here do you keep a hundred knights and squires That she may feel how sharper than a serpent's tooth it is - King Lear 00:11 That she may feel how sharper than a serpent's tooth it... Are my horses ready - King Lear 00:07 Are my horses ready Shalt see thy other daughter will use thee kindly - King Lear 00:16 Shalt see thy other daughter will use thee kindly Canst tell why one's nose stands in the middle of one's face - King Lear 00:13 Canst tell why one's nose stands in the middle of... Canst tell how an oyster makes his shell - King Lear 00:14 Canst tell how an oyster makes his shell The reason why the seven stars are no more than seven - King Lear 00:13 The reason why the seven stars are no more than seven If thou wert my fool nuncle - King Lear 00:13 If thou wert my fool nuncle O let me not be mad - King Lear 00:17 O let me not be mad When we are sick in fortune we make guilty of our disasters - King Lear 00:14 When we are sick in fortune we make guilty of our disasters The father coupled with my mother under the dragon's tail - King Lear 00:17 The father coupled with my mother under the dragon's... Now gods stand up for bastards - King Lear 00:06 Now gods stand up for bastards Villain villain Unnatural brutish villain - King Lear 00:07 Villain villain Unnatural brutish villain Edgar I nothing am - King Lear 00:05 Edgar I nothing am Fellow I know thee - King Lear 00:16 Fellow I know thee All that follow their nose are led by their eyes but blind men - King Lear 00:12 All that follow their nose are led by their eyes but blind... When a wise man gives thee better counsel give me mine again - King Lear 00:10 When a wise man gives thee better counsel give me mine again And let not women's weapons water drops stain my man's cheeks - King Lear 00:15 And let not women's weapons water drops stain my... Blow winds - King Lear 01:00 Blow winds Rumble thy bellyful - King Lear 00:42 Rumble thy bellyful I am a man more sinn'd against than sinning - King Lear 00:06 I am a man more sinn'd against than sinning He that has and a little tiny wit - King Lear 00:18 He that has and a little tiny wit When the mind's free - King Lear 00:07 When the mind's free What hast thou been - King Lear 00:53 What hast thou been Child Rowland to the dark tower came - King Lear 00:16 Child Rowland to the dark tower came Ingrateful fox - King Lear 00:22 Ingrateful fox World world O world - King Lear 00:08 World world O world O the difference of man and man - King Lear 00:11 O the difference of man and man I have been worth the whistle O Goneril - King Lear 00:09 I have been worth the whistle O Goneril Milk liver'd man Where's thy drum - King Lear 00:05 Milk liver'd man Where's thy drum Come on sir - King Lear 00:20 Come on sir The trick of that voice I do well remember - King Lear 00:33 The trick of that voice I do well remember O let me kiss that hand - King Lear 00:12 O let me kiss that hand Why dost thou lash that whore - King Lear 00:13 Why dost thou lash that whore When we are born we cry - King Lear 00:11 When we are born we cry Where I could not be honest I never yet was valiant - King Lear 00:06 Where I could not be honest I never yet was valiant Now sweet lord tell me - King Lear 00:35 Now sweet lord tell me Thou old unhappy traitor briefly thyself remember - King Lear 00:06 Thou old unhappy traitor briefly thyself remember You do me wrong to take me out of the grave - King Lear 00:27 You do me wrong to take me out of the grave Pray do not mock me - King Lear 01:02 Pray do not mock me Jesters do oft prove prophets - King Lear 00:05 Jesters do oft prove prophets Know that my name is lost - King Lear 00:06 Know that my name is lost The wheel is come full circle - King Lear 00:07 The wheel is come full circle O ho are you there with me - King Lear 00:26 O ho are you there with me A plague upon you murderers traitors all - King Lear 00:07 A plague upon you murderers traitors all And my poor fool is hang'd - King Lear 00:41 And my poor fool is hang'd O do you see this - King Lear 00:22 O do you see this The weight of this sad time we must obey - King Lear 00:25 The weight of this sad time we must obey

Cast

King Lear - Paul Scofield
Goneril - Irene Worth
Albany - Cyril Cusack
Regan - Susan Engel
Kent - Tom Fleming
All Cast