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The Woman in Question
Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.
King Lear
King Lear is a proud man who solicits praise from his three daughters in return for inheritance of the kingdom. Daughters Goneril and Regan profess their affection vehemently. Cordelia, who does not respect the process her father has chosen, does not humor him. Lear's perceived rejection from Cordelia leads to her banishment, thus splitting the kingdom between the other two. This hasty decision becomes his fatal error.
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Paul Scofield King Lear
Irene Worth Goneril
Susan Engel Regan
Anne-Lise Gabold Cordelia
Alan Webb Gloucester
Ian Hogg Edmund
Robert Langdon Lloyd Edgar
Tom Fleming Kent
Jack MacGowran Fool
Cyril Cusack Albany
Patrick Magee Cornwall
Barry Stanton Oswald
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