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King Lear

Better thou hadst not been born… than not to have pleased me better

Better thou hadst not been born… than not to have pleased me better

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Better thou hadst not been born…
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than not to have pleased me better.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
64
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:39
Uploaded
Jun 27, 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.
My Lord of Burgundy, what say you to the lady? Will you have her? - King Lear 00:04
My Lord of Burgundy, what say you to the lady? Will you have...
Give but that portion which yourself proposed, - King Lear 00:07
Give but that portion which yourself proposed,
You have so… lost a father that you must lose a husband. - King Lear 00:06
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 00:04
Since that respect and fortunes are his love, I shall not be...
Fairest Cordelia, - King Lear 00:07
Fairest Cordelia,
Let her be thine, - King Lear 00:08
Let her be thine,
Therefore be gone, without our grace, our love, - King Lear 00:08
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 00:05
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 00:08
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 00:05
'Tis the infirmity of his age, yet he hath ever but sle...
If our father carry authority with such disposition as this, - King Lear 00:05
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 00:05
- We shall further think on it. - We must do something, and ...
Wherefore base, when my dimensions are as well compact, - King Lear 00:09
Wherefore base, when my dimensions are as well compact,
Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land. - King Lear 00:05
Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land.
Well, my legiti-mate, - King Lear 00:09
Well, my legiti-mate,
What needed then that terrible dispatch of it into your pocket? - King Lear 00:04
What needed then that terrible dispatch of it into your pock...
The quality of nothing hath not such need to hide itself. - King Lear 00:04
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 00:04
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 00:08
It is a letter from my brother that I have not all o'er...
Hmm… - King Lear 00:18
Hmm…