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Which is the best filmed version of King Lear?

Asked by Jeruba (55839points) March 13th, 2010

I’ve never seen King Lear performed, although I know the story. I would like to watch a (or the) top-rated version that is as faithful as possible to Shakespeare’s script. Which do you recommend? One of these? Or another?

Ian McKellen, 2009
Ian Holm, 1998
Laurence Olivier, 1984
Mike Kellin, 1982
Michael Hordern, 1982
Patrick Magee, 1974
James Earl Jones, 1974
<Russian>, 1969
Orson Welles, 1953
<silent>, 1916

These listings were found on NetFlix. There are more on IMDb.

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