TV Highlight AND TRAILER: Sir Anthony Hopkins is King Lear

By The Newsroom
Published 24th May 2018, 15:58 BST
Updated 24th May 2018, 16:01 BST
Cordelia (FLORENCE PUGH), King Lear (SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS), Goneril (EMMA THOMPSON), Regan (EMILY WATSON) - (C) Playground Entertainment - Photographer: Ed MillerCordelia (FLORENCE PUGH), King Lear (SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS), Goneril (EMMA THOMPSON), Regan (EMILY WATSON) - (C) Playground Entertainment - Photographer: Ed Miller
Cordelia (FLORENCE PUGH), King Lear (SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS), Goneril (EMMA THOMPSON), Regan (EMILY WATSON) - (C) Playground Entertainment - Photographer: Ed Miller

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King Lear, BBC Two, Monday, May 28, 9.30pm

Set in the fictional present, the 80 year-old King Lear (Anthony Hopkins) divides his kingdom among his daughters, Goneril (Emma Thompson), Regan (Emily Watson) and Cordelia (Florence Pugh) - according to their affection for him.

Cordelia refuses to flatter him, so he banishes her. Having acquired power, Goneril and Regan expel their father from their homes.

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