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As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods
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King Lear

As flies to wanton boysare we to the gods

As flies to wanton boys
are we to the gods

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As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
54
Timestamp in Movie
01:14:19
Uploaded
Jun 26, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
Playground Entertainment,Sonia Friedman Productions,BBC,Amazon Studios,Lemaise Pictures

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Movie Summary

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Get thee away. Bring some covering for this naked soul… - King Lear 00:06
Get thee away. Bring some covering for this naked soul…
Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure. - King Lear 00:04
Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure.
There is a cliff whose high - King Lear 00:06
There is a cliff whose high
How fearful and dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low! - King Lear 00:05
How fearful and dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so l...
I'll look no more, - King Lear 00:09
I'll look no more,
You are now within a foot of the extreme verge. - King Lear 00:05
You are now within a foot of the extreme verge.
If Edgar live… - King Lear 00:08
If Edgar live…
Now, fellow… - King Lear 00:05
Now, fellow…
But thou dost breathe. Thy life's a miracle. - King Lear 00:05
But thou dost breathe. Thy life's a miracle.
From the dread summit of this chalky bourn. Look up a height. - King Lear 00:04
From the dread summit of this chalky bourn. Look up a height...
- Do but look up. - Alack, I have no eyes. - King Lear 00:04
- Do but look up. - Alack, I have no eyes.
Is wretchedness deprived that benefit to end itself by death? - King Lear 00:06
Is wretchedness deprived that benefit to end itself by death...
Too well… Too well. - King Lear 00:04
Too well… Too well.
He was met even now as mad as the vex'd sea. - King Lear 00:05
He was met even now as mad as the vex'd sea.
A century send forth, search every acre in the high-grown field - King Lear 00:06
A century send forth, search every acre in the high-grown fi...
Our foster-nurse of nature is repose. - King Lear 00:04
Our foster-nurse of nature is repose.
Seek, seek for him, - King Lear 00:06
Seek, seek for him,
Ha! Look, look, a mouse! - King Lear 00:04
Ha! Look, look, a mouse!
Peace, peace. This piece of toasted cheese will do't. - King Lear 00:04
Peace, peace. This piece of toasted cheese will do't.
O, well flown, bird. I'th'clout, I'th'clout. Hewgh! - King Lear 00:05
O, well flown, bird. I'th'clout, I'th'cl...