A king gives away his kingdom like it's a garage sale—regret comes fast.
An old king believes he can retire to private life, leaving his kingdom in the hands of his daughters. The two older ones don't take long to take over everything and reduce their father to a poor tramp. But the third daughter who married the king of France comes to the rescue. After a furious battle, a hecatomb takes place. Lear dies and with him his whole dynasty.
Acting
Randone reportedly shattered himself in the role.
Production
Raro 1960 Italian TV Shakespeare—barely preserved.
Director
Sandro Bolchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1960 Italian television regularly staged full Shakespeare plays for mass audiences—a cultural phenomenon now vanished.
Sandro Bolchi directed numerous RAI literary adaptations; this Lear is considered among his most ambitious surviving works.
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