Shakespeare Uncovered King Lear with Christopher Plummer (Season 2, Episode 2)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary

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Shakespeare Uncovered

King Lear with Christopher Plummer (Season 2, Episode 2)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary

Christopher Plummer discusses William Shakespeare's King Lear with Jonathan Miller, Ian McKellen and Simmon Russell Beale.

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Jan 30, 2015 (United States)

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Christopher Plummer Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	Beginners (2010)
Gwen Adshead Self - Forensic Psychiatrist Self - Forensic Psychiatrist See fewer	Shakespeare Uncovered (2012)
Jonathan Bate Self (Professor, Worcester College, Oxford) Self (Professor, Worcester College, Oxford) See fewer	Being Shakespeare (2011)
Simon Russell Beale Self Self See fewer	The Death of Stalin (2017)
Jerry Brotton Self (Professor, Queen Mary, University of London) Self (Professor, Queen Mary, University of London) See fewer	Leonardo (2003)
Romola Garai Cordelia (archive footage) Cordelia (archive footage) See fewer	Atonement (2007)
Stephen Greenblatt Professor - Harvard Univeristy Professor - Harvard Univeristy See fewer	Shakespeare Uncovered (2012)
Michael Hordern King Lear (archive footage) King Lear (archive footage) See fewer	Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Jüri Järvet King Lear (archive footage) King Lear (archive footage) See fewer	Solaris (1972)
Jeremy Kemp Cornwall (archive footage) Cornwall (archive footage) See fewer	Top Secret! (1984)
Ian McKellen Self Self See fewer	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Jonathan Miller Self Self See fewer	Cosi Fan Tutte (1986)
Laurence Olivier King Lear (archive footage) King Lear (archive footage) See fewer	Sleuth (1972)
Natasha Parry Cordelia (archive footage) Cordelia (archive footage) See fewer	Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Margaret Phillips Regan (archive footage) Regan (archive footage) See fewer	Masterpiece Playhouse (1950)
Tanya Pollard Self - Theatre Historian Self - Theatre Historian See fewer	Shakespeare Uncovered (2012)
Beatrice Straight Goneril (archive footage) Goneril (archive footage) See fewer	Network (1976)
Olivia Vinall Self Self See fewer	The Woman in White (2018)
Orson Welles King Lear (archive footage) King Lear (archive footage) See fewer	Citizen Kane (1941)