Lear (Sir Laurence Olivier) is an aging King who wants to retire by abdicating ... While two daughters eagerly toady to him, his one loving daughter, Cordelia (Anna Calder-Marshall), refuses ...

Richard Eyre has assembled an unmissable cast to embody his vision for a timeless but deeply resonant screen adaptation of King Lear ... Marcella) as Cordelia, the youngest of Lear’s children.

Charles Lamb is responsible for the idea that King Lear cannot ... effectiveness. Cordelia, at any rate, the vessel of all love and virtue, may be a more difficult role than Lear.

The film uses William ... cinema lasted long after the French New Wave's heyday. "King Lear" stars Molly Ringwald as Godard's version of Cordelia. The "Pretty in Pink" star reflected on the ...

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter ...

Preparing for retirement, King Lear decides to split his land evenly amongst his three daughters - Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Before he bestows these gifts upon his daughters, he gives them a ...