A Taste of Shakespeare King Lear
TV Episode | 15 min | Drama

A Taste of Shakespeare

King Lear

TV Episode | 15 min | Drama

King Lear has ruled for many years. As age overtakes him, he divides his kingdom amongst his children. Misjudging their loyalty, he soon finds himself stripped of all the trappings of state, wealth and power that had defined him.

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Updated Sep 26, 2001

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Sep 26, 2001 (Canada)

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Geoffrey Bowes Kent / Narrator Kent / Narrator See fewer	The Man (2005)
Steve Cumyn Edgar Edgar See fewer	RoboCop (2014)
Philippa Domville Goneril Goneril See fewer	Damnation (2017)
David Fox Lear Lear See fewer	Pacific Rim (2013)
Soo Garay Regan Regan See fewer	Foolproof (2003)
Kevin Hicks Albany Albany See fewer	Dance Me Outside (1994)
David Jansen Cornwall Cornwall See fewer	A Taste of Shakespeare (1995)
Michael McManus Edmund Edmund See fewer	Lexx (1996)
Gary Reineke Gloucester Gloucester See fewer	Spider (2002)
Waneta Storms Cordelia Cordelia See fewer	Coroner (2019)