''King Lear'' is a 1999 adaptation of
William Shakespeare's
play of the same name
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. The film stars
Brian Blessed (who also co-directed the film, along with
Tony Rotherham
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) 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".
Cast
See also
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References
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1999 films
British drama films
Films based on King Lear
Films set in England
1990s English-language films
1990s British films
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