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King Lear is a 1999 adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film stars Brian Blessed (who also co-directed the film, along with Tony Rotherham) in the title role. Apart from Peter Brook's King Lear in 1971, it is the only other feature-length film adaptation to preserve Shakespeare's verse. Yvonne Griggs, in Shakespeare's King Lear: A close study of the relationship between text and film (2009), characterised it as "a very stilted costume drama".
Original Release
01/01/1999
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Hildegard Neil | The Fool |
| Jason Riddington | Edmund |
| Phillipa Peak | Cordelia |
| Peter Balderstone | Cornwall's Captain |
| Mark Burgess | Edgar |
| John Corvin | Gentleman |
| Paul Curran | King of France |
| Mark Denny | Duke of Cornwall |
| David Dexter | 2nd Messenger |
| Billy Hanna | 1st Knight |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Hildegard Neil | The Fool |
| Jason Riddington | Edmund |
| Phillipa Peak | Cordelia |
| Peter Balderstone | Cornwall's Captain |
| Mark Burgess | Edgar |
| John Corvin | Gentleman |
| Paul Curran | King of France |
| Mark Denny | Duke of Cornwall |
| David Dexter | 2nd Messenger |
| Billy Hanna | 1st Knight |
| Mark Hayden | Oswald |
| Claire Laurie | Regan |
| Caroline Lennon | Goneril |
| Graham McTavish | Duke of Albany |
| Iain Stuart Robertson | Earl of Kent |
| Douglas Verrall | 1st Messenger |
| Lisa Von Hasenberg | Musician |
| Nick Walton | Burgundy |
| Robert Whelan | Earl of Gloucester |
| John Woodford | Captain |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Bob Carruthers | Executive Producer |
| David Mcwhinnie | Executive Producer |
| Gary Russell | Executive Producer |
| P. Aarvoldt | Producer |
| E. Ablitt | Producer |
| D. Abrey | Producer |
| S. Adams | Producer |
| E. Adler | Producer |
| M. Agrawal | Producer |
| K. Alderton | Producer |
| M. Allen | Producer |
| P. Anthony | Producer |
| H. Antwiss | Producer |
| N. Archer | Producer |
| G. Armfield | Producer |
| J. Ashe | Producer |
| D. Atherton | Producer |
| I. Barclay | Producer |
| D. Barkass | Producer |
| M. Barker | Producer |
| M. Barkwill | Producer |
| T. Barnard | Producer |
| K. Bates | Producer |
| P. Bates | Producer |
| A. Batur | Producer |
| T. Bavin | Producer |
| N. Bawtree | Producer |
| R. Baxter | Producer |
| D. Bedford | Producer |
| P. Beggs | Producer |
| L. Bell | Producer |
| J. Bellamy | Producer |
| M. Belsey | Producer |
| Y. Bennett | Producer |
| N. Berry | Producer |
| R. Berry | Producer |
| S. Berry | Producer |
| L. Billis | Producer |
| D. Bishop | Producer |
| K. Blackburn | Producer |
| I. Blagrove | Producer |
| E. Blair | Producer |
| F. Blair | Producer |
| R. Blair | Producer |
| J. Blunden | Producer |
| M. Bonnett | Producer |
| D. Boorman | Producer |
| P. Boughton | Producer |
| S. Brierley | Producer |
| L. Brooke | Producer |
| T. Brookes | Producer |
| A. Brown | Producer |
| R. Brown | Producer |
| M. Brunch | Producer |
| Buckley | Producer |
| S. Buckley | Producer |
| D. Bullard | Producer |
| M. Bumby | Producer |
| B. Burkitt | Producer |
| A. Burn | Producer |
| S. Burrough | Producer |
| V. Caless | Producer |
| V. Cameron | Producer |
| D. Campbell | Producer |
| J. Caplan | Producer |
| C. Carter | Producer |
| R. Carvel | Producer |
| J. Casale | Producer |
| M. Chaytor | Producer |
| M. Cheeseman | Producer |
| M. Chester | Producer |
| A. Cheung | Producer |
| M. Cleary | Producer |
| M. Clements | Producer |
| S. Clifford | Producer |
| A.S. Crane of Cluny | Producer |
| S. Crane of Cluny | Producer |
| R. Cobley | Producer |
| M. Codrington | Producer |
| A. Collier | Producer |
| F. Collins | Producer |
| H. Collins | Producer |
| J. Collinwood | Producer |
| M. Connolly | Producer |
| K. Cook | Producer |
| G. Corbelli | Producer |
| P. Cornell | Producer |
| P. Cousins | Producer |
| M. Coverdale | Producer |
| H. Coxon | Producer |
| M. Crafer | Producer |
| S. Craig | Producer |
| R. Cresswell | Producer |
| B. Crook | Producer |
| R. Croucher | Producer |
| C. Dan | Producer |
| A. Davies | Producer |
| S. Davies | Producer |
| W. Davies | Producer |
| R. Davis | Producer |
| M. Davison | Producer |
| R. Dawton | Producer |
| A. de Bardi | Producer |
| D. Dean | Producer |
| J. Dean | Producer |
| L. Dean | Producer |
| H. Denby-Wood | Producer |
| G. Dent | Producer |
| J. Dexter | Producer |
| D. Dixon | Producer |
| C. Dougan | Producer |
| I. Doyle | Producer |
| T. Doyle | Producer |
| O. Duffelen | Producer |
| E. Eagle | Producer |
| N. Easton | Producer |
| G. Edwards | Producer |
| J Edwards | Producer |
| S. Eggert | Producer |
| Amira El-Nemr | Producer |
| D. Eldridge | Producer |
| R. Ellis | Producer |
| R. Ellison | Producer |
| D. Entwistle | Producer |
| M. Etheridge | Producer |
| J. Evans | Producer |
| R. Fairless | Producer |
| S. Falvey | Producer |
| G. Faucett | Producer |
| P. Fauchon | Producer |
| C. Ferrari | Producer |
| R. Fessey-Gray | Producer |
| P. Fidler | Producer |
| M. Fielder | Producer |
| E. Fitzgerald | Producer |
| J. Ford | Producer |
| L. Forsyth | Producer |
| M. Forsyth | Producer |
| A. Freeman | Producer |
| A. Fryar | Producer |
| L. Fryar | Producer |
| R. Funnell | Producer |
| H. Gamp | Producer |
| K. Gardiner | Producer |
| A. Garrard | Producer |
| C. Gee | Producer |
| S. George | Producer |
| P. Glover | Producer |
| P. Godwin | Producer |
| F. Goldby | Producer |
| A. Goldstraw | Producer |
| A. Gooch | Producer |
| F. Gore | Producer |
| J. Gough | Producer |
| L. Graham | Producer |
| P. Graham | Producer |
| M. Grain | Producer |
| B. Gransden | Producer |
| P. Grantham | Producer |
| A. Gray | Producer |
| P. Gray | Producer |
| M. Green | Producer |
| R. Green | Producer |
| J. Greenall | Producer |
| P. Griffin | Producer |
| D. Griffiths | Producer |
| J. Grindlay | Producer |
| C. Hadkinson | Producer |
| T. Hale | Producer |
| C. Hall | Producer |
| S. Hammer | Producer |
| A. Hardwick | Producer |
| S. Harley | Producer |
| Harrison | Producer |
| J. Hassall | Producer |
| P. Hawthornthwaite | Producer |
| P. Haybittle | Producer |
| S. Hayes | Producer |
| E. Hayne | Producer |
| P. Hellier | Producer |
| J. Hembrough | Producer |
| K. Heron | Producer |
| S. Hill | Producer |
| C. Hill-Hall | Producer |
| P. Holloway | Producer |
| K. Hopkins | Producer |
| B. Hopkinson | Producer |
| H. Horrocks | Producer |
| T. Horrocks | Producer |
| S. Howard | Producer |
| J. Howe | Producer |
| A. Huby | Producer |
| D. Hughes | Producer |
| D. Hutt | Producer |
| E. Illingworth-Kaplanis | Producer |
| A. Iona | Producer |
| C. Ivegbuna | Producer |
| M. James | Producer |
| R. James | Producer |
| C. Jones | Producer |
| E. Jones | Producer |
| I. Jones | Producer |
| J. Jones | Producer |
| K. Jones | Producer |
| R. Jones | Producer |
| J. Jordan | Producer |
| A. Julian | Producer |
| J. Kellett | Producer |
| J. Kendall | Producer |
| J. Kersley | Producer |
| S. Kersley | Producer |
| D. Khanna | Producer |
| C. King | Producer |
| G. King | Producer |
| I. King | Producer |
| J King | Producer |
| B. Laing | Producer |
| P. Lawrie | Producer |
| N. Le Fort | Producer |
| C. Lear | Producer |
| C. Lee | Producer |
| G. Lee | Producer |
| N. Lee | Producer |
| V. Lee | Producer |
| M. Leighton | Producer |
| R. Lever | Producer |
| R. Lewis | Producer |
| E. Lewis-Jones | Producer |
| E. Lighton | Producer |
| A. Limburn | Producer |
| R. Little | Producer |
| P. Littman | Producer |
| R. Llewellyn | Producer |
| B. Longhurst | Producer |
| A. Lynch | Producer |
| F. Lynch | Producer |
| R. Lyne | Producer |
| A. Lynford | Producer |
| F. MacDonald | Producer |
| S. MacKewn | Producer |
| W. Mackie | Producer |
| B. Maginnes | Producer |
| D. Makin | Producer |
| R. Malik | Producer |
| A. Mannion | Producer |
| K. Marais | Producer |
| F. Martin | Producer |
| J. Martin | Producer |
| K. Martin | Producer |
| P. Mason | Producer |
| M. Mayhew | Producer |
| J. McCaffrey | Producer |
| A. McIntyre | Producer |
| H. McKendrick | Producer |
| R. McLean | Producer |
| M. Melville | Producer |
| A. Mihail | Producer |
| L. Mills | Producer |
| N. Mitchell | Producer |
| V. Moffett | Producer |
| P. Moll | Producer |
| F. Montava | Producer |
| D. Moreau | Producer |
| S. Moreton | Producer |
| G. Morgan | Producer |
| I. Morgan | Producer |
| V. Morgan | Producer |
| C. Morris | Producer |
| D. Morton | Producer |
| S. Naish | Producer |
| B. Nash | Producer |
| S. Nichols | Producer |
| E. O'Dell | Producer |
| J. O'Sullivan | Producer |
| M. Ollier | Producer |
| H. Osborne | Producer |
| L. Owen-Davies | Producer |
| L. Owens | Producer |
| F. Page | Producer |
| A. Parry | Producer |
| D. Parry | Producer |
| M. Paterson | Producer |
| C. Patey | Producer |
| A. Payne | Producer |
| G. Payne | Producer |
| M. Payne | Producer |
| T. Payne | Producer |
| T. Pearlman | Producer |
| E. Pearson | Producer |
| J. Pearson | Producer |
| R. Pell | Producer |
| R. Pepper | Producer |
| J. Perkins | Producer |
| B. Perriam | Producer |
| B. Perry | Producer |
| J. Pestle | Producer |
| R. Phillips | Producer |
| M. Pickard | Producer |
| D. Piggott | Producer |
| J. Pledger | Producer |
| J. Plumb | Producer |
| D. Powell | Producer |
| J. Price | Producer |
| J. Prince | Producer |
| D. Prisley | Producer |
| A. Prockter | Producer |
| B. Prothero | Producer |
| A. Pye | Producer |
| R. Ramanah | Producer |
| M. Rans | Producer |
| M. Ransom | Producer |
| K. Ratzeburg | Producer |
| D. Rayner | Producer |
| S. Reavenall-Cashmore | Producer |
| A. Reed | Producer |
| P. Rees | Producer |
| A. Reeve | Producer |
| J. Rellie | Producer |
| L. Rellie | Producer |
| V. Rhodes | Producer |
| A. Richer | Producer |
| P. Riches | Producer |
| B. Rippigton | Producer |
| R. Rippington | Producer |
| E. Roberts | Producer |
| V. Roberts | Producer |
| A. Robertson | Producer |
| S. Robinson | Producer |
| W. Rodriguez | Producer |
| P. Rogers | Producer |
| D. Rose | Producer |
| C. Roskill | Producer |
| K. Ross | Producer |
| M. Rowlands | Producer |
| G. Rush | Producer |
| A. Russell | Producer |
| S. Sale | Producer |
| A. Sanderson | Producer |
| J. Saunders | Producer |
| P. Scroggs | Producer |
| J. Seligmann | Producer |
| G. Shanks | Producer |
| N. Shaw | Producer |
| J. Shepard | Producer |
| L. Shields | Producer |
| R. Sills | Producer |
| C. Simpkin | Producer |
| S. Skirrow | Producer |
| J. Slade | Producer |
| N. Slater | Producer |
| J Smith | Producer |
| D. Snowsell | Producer |
| P. Sobieszczuk | Producer |
| G. Soinne | Producer |
| P. Soinne | Producer |
| S. Speirs | Producer |
| V. Spooncer | Producer |
| M. Springate | Producer |
| H. Stephens | Producer |
| M. Stephens | Producer |
| N. Stephens | Producer |
| E. Stewart | Producer |
| S. Stoker | Producer |
| A. Surgenor | Producer |
| I. Sutherland-Smith | Producer |
| S. Swatton | Producer |
| A. Swindells | Producer |
| A. Sykes | Producer |
| M. Tabor | Producer |
| B. Taylor | Producer |
| G. Thomas | Producer |
| M. Thomas | Producer |
| W. Thomas | Producer |
| P. Thompson | Producer |
| E. Thomson | Producer |
| I. Thomson | Producer |
| W. Thomson | Producer |
| B. Tibbott | Producer |
| Tisbury | Producer |
| H. Tomkinson | Producer |
| J. Tongue | Producer |
| Vanessa Tovell | Producer |
| R. Towns | Producer |
| C. Trigger | Producer |
| S. Turrell | Producer |
| G. Vassallo | Producer |
| D. Verrall | Producer |
| P. Vincent | Producer |
| P. Voce | Producer |
| W. Wade | Producer |
| R. Walker | Producer |
| L. Wallis | Producer |
| H. Walton | Producer |
| G. Wankling | Producer |
| B. Warner | Producer |
| J. Warner | Producer |
| I. Watson | Producer |
| L. Watt | Producer |
| R. Watts | Producer |
| D. Wayland | Producer |
| S. Webster | Producer |
| J. Whitaker | Producer |
| H. White | Producer |
| J. White | Producer |
| G. Whitfield | Producer |
| M. Whyment | Producer |
| K. Wickham | Producer |
| S. Wilding | Producer |
| J. Willbourne | Producer |
| J. Williams | Producer |
| D. Willis | Producer |
| L. Wilmott | Producer |
| R. Wing | Producer |
| D. Wittenberg | Producer |
| G. Wood | Producer |
| A. Wood-Blagrove | Producer |
| B. Woodall | Producer |
| A. Woodland | Producer |
| S. Woodsend | Producer |
| R. Woolley | Producer |
| B. Wright-Belding | Producer |
| M. Wyatt | Producer |
| N. Yeldham | Producer |
| M. Yeo | Producer |
| W. Yonge | Producer |
| W. Youngs | Producer |
