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King Lear

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

Director

Richard Eyre

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Production

Playground Entertainment,Sonia Friedman Productions,BBC,Amazon Studios,Lemaise Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 17 nominations total

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b57d0w

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With plenteous rivers
and wide-skirted meads, - King Lear

With plenteous rivers and wide-skirted meads,

To thine and Albany's issue
be this perpetual. - King Lear

To thine and Albany's issue be this perpetual.

What says our second daughter,
our dearest Regan, wife to Cornwall? - King Lear

What says our second daughter, our dearest Regan, wife to Co...

Er… I am made of that self mettle
as my sister, and prize me at her worth. - King Lear

Er… I am made of that self mettle as my sister, and prize me...

In my true heart,
I find she names my very deed of love. - King Lear

In my true heart, I find she names my very deed of love.

Only she comes too short: - King Lear

Only she comes too short:

And to thee and thine hereditary ever - King Lear

And to thee and thine hereditary ever

Now our joy, although the last and least, - King Lear

Now our joy, although the last and least,

What can you say to draw a third
more opulent than your sisters? - King Lear

What can you say to draw a third more opulent than your sist...

Well, nothing will come of nothing.
Speak again. - King Lear

Well, nothing will come of nothing. Speak again.

Unhappy that I am, I cannot
heave my heart into my mouth. - King Lear

Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave my heart into my mouth.

I love your majesty according to my bond,
no more nor less. - King Lear

I love your majesty according to my bond, no more nor less.

How now, Cordelia? Mend your speech
a little, lest you may mar your fortunes. - King Lear

How now, Cordelia? Mend your speech a little, lest you may m...

Ay, my good lord, you have
begot me, bred me, loved me. - King Lear

Ay, my good lord, you have begot me, bred me, loved me.

I return those duties back
as are right fit: - King Lear

I return those duties back as are right fit:

Sure I shall never marry like my sisters
to love my father all. - King Lear

Sure I shall never marry like my sisters to love my father a...

So young, and so untender? - King Lear

So young, and so untender?

Here I disclaim all my paternal care, - King Lear

Here I disclaim all my paternal care,

I loved her most, and thought
to set my rest on her kind nursery. - King Lear

I loved her most, and thought to set my rest on her kind nur...

Cornwall and Albany, with my two
daughters' dowers digest the third. - King Lear

Cornwall and Albany, with my two daughters' dowers dige...

Let pride, which she calls plainness,
marry her. - King Lear

Let pride, which she calls plainness, marry her.

I do invest you jointly
with my power, pre-eminence, - King Lear

I do invest you jointly with my power, pre-eminence,

Ourself by monthly course,
with reservation of… - King Lear

Ourself by monthly course, with reservation of…

Only we still retain the name
and all the addition to a king. - King Lear

Only we still retain the name and all the addition to a king...

Royal Lear, whom I have
ever honoured as my king, - King Lear

Royal Lear, whom I have ever honoured as my king,

Let it fall rather, though the fork
invade the region of my heart. - King Lear

Let it fall rather, though the fork invade the region of my ...

Be Kent unmannerly when Lear is mad? - King Lear

Be Kent unmannerly when Lear is mad?

Thinkest thou that duty shall have dread
to speak when power to flattery bows? - King Lear

Thinkest thou that duty shall have dread to speak when power...

My life I never held but as a pawn
to wage against thine enemies. - King Lear

My life I never held but as a pawn to wage against thine ene...

- Out of my sight!
- Dear sir, forbear… - King Lear

- Out of my sight! - Dear sir, forbear…

Thou swear'st thy gods in vain.
I'll tell thee, thou dost evil. - King Lear

Thou swear'st thy gods in vain. I'll tell thee, th...

That thou hast sought to make us
break our vows, which we durst never yet, - King Lear

That thou hast sought to make us break our vows, which we du...

Five days we do allot thee, for provision - King Lear

Five days we do allot thee, for provision

If, on the tenth day following, - King Lear

If, on the tenth day following,

My Lord of Burgundy, - King Lear

My Lord of Burgundy,

What in the least will you require
in present dower with her - King Lear

What in the least will you require in present dower with her

Most royal majesty, I crave no more
than hath your highness offered, - King Lear

Most royal majesty, I crave no more than hath your highness ...

Right noble Burgundy, when she was
dear to us, we did hold her so. - King Lear

Right noble Burgundy, when she was dear to us, we did hold h...

Sir, there she stands. If aught
within that little seeming substance, - King Lear

Sir, there she stands. If aught within that little seeming s...

Will you with those infirmities she owes,
unfriended, new-adopted to our hate, - King Lear

Will you with those infirmities she owes, unfriended, new-ad...

Then leave her, sir, for by the power
that made me I tell you all her wealth. - King Lear

Then leave her, sir, for by the power that made me I tell yo...

For you, great king, - King Lear

For you, great king,

I yet beseech your majesty
that you make it known - King Lear

I yet beseech your majesty that you make it known

Better thou hadst not been born… - King Lear

Better thou hadst not been born…

My Lord of Burgundy, what say you
to the lady? Will you have her? - King Lear

My Lord of Burgundy, what say you to the lady? Will you have...

Give but that portion
which yourself proposed, - King Lear

Give but that portion which yourself proposed,

You have so… lost a father
that you must lose a husband. - King Lear

You have so… lost a father that you must lose a husband.

Since that respect and fortunes
are his love, I shall not be his wife. - King Lear

Since that respect and fortunes are his love, I shall not be...

Fairest Cordelia, - King Lear

Fairest Cordelia,

Let her be thine, - King Lear

Let her be thine,

Therefore be gone,
without our grace, our love, - King Lear

Therefore be gone, without our grace, our love,

Let your study be to content your lord,
who hath received you at fortune's alms. - King Lear

Let your study be to content your lord, who hath received yo...

You see how full of changes his age is.
He always loved our sister most - King Lear

You see how full of changes his age is. He always loved our ...

'Tis the infirmity of his age, yet
he hath ever but slenderly known himself. - King Lear

'Tis the infirmity of his age, yet he hath ever but sle...

If our father carry authority
with such disposition as this, - King Lear

If our father carry authority with such disposition as this,

- We shall further think on it.
- We must do something, and I' the heat. - King Lear

- We shall further think on it. - We must do something, and ...

Wherefore base,
when my dimensions are as well compact, - King Lear

Wherefore base, when my dimensions are as well compact,

Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land. - King Lear

Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land.

Well, my legiti-mate, - King Lear

Well, my legiti-mate,

What needed then that terrible dispatch
of it into your pocket? - King Lear

What needed then that terrible dispatch of it into your pock...

The quality of nothing
hath not such need to hide itself. - King Lear

The quality of nothing hath not such need to hide itself.

Let's see. Come, if it be nothing
I shall not need spectacles. - King Lear

Let's see. Come, if it be nothing I shall not need spec...

It is a letter from my brother
that I have not all o'er-read, - King Lear

It is a letter from my brother that I have not all o'er...

Hmm… - King Lear

- When came you to this? Who brought it?
- I found it in my room. - King Lear

- When came you to this? Who brought it? - I found it in my ...

If the matter were good, my lord,
I durst swear it were his, - King Lear

If the matter were good, my lord, I durst swear it were his,

- It is his.
- It is his hand, my lord, - King Lear

- It is his. - It is his hand, my lord,

Never, my lord, but I have heard him oft
maintain it to be fit - King Lear

Never, my lord, but I have heard him oft maintain it to be f...

These late eclipses of the sun and moon
portend no good to us. - King Lear

These late eclipses of the sun and moon portend no good to u...

This is the excellent foppery
of the world, - King Lear

This is the excellent foppery of the world,

I am thinking, brother,
of a prediction I read this other day. - King Lear

I am thinking, brother, of a prediction I read this other da...

Found you no displeasure in him
by word nor countenance? - King Lear

Found you no displeasure in him by word nor countenance?

Bethink yourself
wherein you may have offended him, - King Lear

Bethink yourself wherein you may have offended him,

I pray you retire with me to my lodging, - King Lear

I pray you retire with me to my lodging,

There's my key.
If you do stir abroad, go armed. - King Lear

There's my key. If you do stir abroad, go armed.

Armed? Brother… - King Lear

Armed? Brother…

I have told you what I have
seen and heard but faintly, - King Lear

I have told you what I have seen and heard but faintly,

A credulous father and a brother noble, - King Lear

A credulous father and a brother noble,

- Shall I hear from you anon?
- I do serve you in this business. - King Lear

- Shall I hear from you anon? - I do serve you in this busin...

Now, banished Kent, - King Lear

Now, banished Kent,

- How now, what art thou?
- A man, sir. - King Lear

- How now, what art thou? - A man, sir.

I do profess to be no less than I seem. - King Lear

I do profess to be no less than I seem.

- Hm… What wouldst thou?
- Service. - King Lear

- Hm… What wouldst thou? - Service.

- Dost thou know me, fellow?
- No, sir. - King Lear

- Dost thou know me, fellow? - No, sir.

But you have that in your countenance - King Lear

But you have that in your countenance

If I like thee no worse after dinner,
I will not part from thee yet. - King Lear

If I like thee no worse after dinner, I will not part from t...

Dinner ho! Dinner ho! - King Lear

Dinner ho! Dinner ho!

Dinner ho! Dinner ho!
Dinner ho! Dinner ho! - King Lear

Dinner ho! Dinner ho! Dinner ho! Dinner ho!

Dinner ho! Dinner ho!
Dinner ho! Dinner ho! Dinner ho! - King Lear

Dinner ho! Dinner ho! Dinner ho! Dinner ho! Dinner ho!

Where's my fool?
I think the world's asleep. Hm. - King Lear

Where's my fool? I think the world's asleep. Hm.

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An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Richard Eyre

Writer: Richard Eyre, William Shakespeare

Production: Playground Entertainment,Sonia Friedman Productions,BBC,Amazon Studios,Lemaise Pictures

Genre: drama

Year: 2018

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 28 Sep 2018

Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 17 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b57d0w