King Lear Cast and Credits Cast Lear Ian Holm Gloucester Timothy West Goneril Barbara Flynn Regan Amanda Redman The Fool Michael Bryant Kent David Burke Edgar Paul Rhys Edmund Finbar Lynch Duke of Albany David Lyon Duke of Cornwall Michael Simkins Cordelia Victoria Hamilton Oswald William Osborne Old Man Harry Jones France Adrian Irvine Duke of Burgundy Nicholas Bailey Messenger James Kerr Lear's Knight/Messenger Martin Chamberlain Captain/Messenger Paul Benzing Production Credits back to top Executive producer BBC Simon Curtis Executive producer WGBH Boston Rebecca Eaton Producer Sue Birtwistle Co-producer Joy Spink Director Richard Eyre King Lear is a Chestermead Production for BBC TV and WGBH Boston. William Shakespeare's King Lear is a film version of director Richard Eyre's award-winning Royal National Theatre production. The producers are Sue Birtwistle (Pride and Prejudice) and Joy Spink; the executive producers are Simon Curtis (BBC) and Rebecca Eaton (WGBH Boston). ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre is presented on PBS by WGBH Boston, where Rebecca Eaton is series executive producer. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Russell Baker is series host. The series is fully funded by ExxonMobil. ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre is closed captioned for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers by The Caption Center at WGBH. About the Film | Who's Who | A Talk with Ian Holm Filmography | The Forum | Links and Bibliography Home | About The Series | The American Collection | The Archive Schedule & Season | Feature Library | eNewsletter | Book Club Learning Resources | Forum | Search | Shop | Feedback ©