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King Lear

Prithee, nuncle,tell me whether a madman be a gentleman or a yeoman

Prithee, nuncle,
tell me whether a madman be a gentleman or a yeoman

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Prithee, nuncle, tell me whether a madman
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be a gentleman or a yeoman.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:33
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.
He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf, a horse's health, - King Lear 00:10
He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf, a horse...
It shall be done. I will arraign them straight! - King Lear 00:05
It shall be done. I will arraign them straight!
Come, sit thou here, most learned justicer. - King Lear 00:04
Come, sit thou here, most learned justicer.
Sit thou there, sapient sir. Sit! - King Lear 00:04
Sit thou there, sapient sir. Sit!
And now, you she foxes… - King Lear 00:06
And now, you she foxes…
And thou, his yoke-fellow of equity, bench by his side. - King Lear 00:05
And thou, his yoke-fellow of equity, bench by his side.
I here take my oath before this honourable assembly - King Lear 00:06
I here take my oath before this honourable assembly
Cry you mercy, I took you for a joint stool. - King Lear 00:05
Cry you mercy, I took you for a joint stool.
And here's another, whose warped looks proclaim what store her heart is made on. - King Lear 00:06
And here's another, whose warped looks proclaim what st...
O pity! Sir, whoa… - King Lear 00:11
O pity! Sir, whoa…
The little dogs and all… - King Lear 00:08
The little dogs and all…
Then let them anatomise Regan, - King Lear 00:07
Then let them anatomise Regan,
Is there any cause in nature that makes these hard hearts? - King Lear 00:06
Is there any cause in nature that makes these hard hearts?
You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred, - King Lear 00:06
You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred,
You will say they are Persian, but let them be changed. - King Lear 00:05
You will say they are Persian, but let them be changed.
Now… - King Lear 00:10
Now…
So, so… - King Lear 00:06
So, so…
Here, sir, but trouble him not. His wits are gone. - King Lear 00:04
Here, sir, but trouble him not. His wits are gone.
Lay him in it and drive toward Dover, friend, - King Lear 00:05
Lay him in it and drive toward Dover, friend,
If thou shouldst dally half an hour, - King Lear 00:07
If thou shouldst dally half an hour,