King of Texas
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Based onKing Lear
by William Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
Screenplay byStephen Harrigan[1]
| King of Texas | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Based on | King Lear by William Shakespeare |
| Screenplay by | Stephen Harrigan[1] |
| Directed by | Uli Edel[2] |
| Starring | Patrick Stewart[3] Marcia Gay Harden[3] Lauren Holly[3] Julie Cox[3] |
| Music by | John Altman[4] |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Art Levinson[2] Wendy Neuss-Stewart[2] |
| Cinematography | Paul Elliott[4] |
| Editor | Mark Conte[4] |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Production companies | Milk & Honey Pictures Flying Freehold Productions Hallmark Entertainment TNT Original Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | TNT[5] |
| Release | March 23, 2002 |
King of Texas is a 2002 American Western television film[5] based on William Shakespeare's King Lear[1] and directed by Uli Edel.[2]
The film takes the plot of William Shakespeare's King Lear and places it in the Republic of Texas during the 19th century.[3] Patrick Stewart stars as John Lear, a wealthy cattle baron and analog to King Lear. In the story, Lear exiles his youngest daughter, who is later supported by the wealthy landowner Mechacha.[6] Lear divides his property among his daughters, only to be rejected by the eldest two of them once they have it.
Cast
- Patrick Stewart as John Lear (King Lear)
- Marcia Gay Harden as Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson (Goneril)
- Lauren Holly as Mrs. Rebecca Lear Highsmith (Regan)
- Roy Scheider as Henry Westover (Earl of Gloucester)
- David Alan Grier as Rip (amalgam of Earl "Caius" of Kent and The Fool)
- Colm Meaney as Henry Tumlinson (Duke of Albany)
- Patrick Bergin as Mr. Highsmith (Duke of Cornwall)
- Matt Letscher as Emmett Westover (Edmund of Gloucester)
- Liam Waite as Thomas Westover (Edgar of Gloucester)
- Steven Bauer as Menchaca (King of France)
- Julie Cox as Claudia Lear (Cordelia)
- Richard Lineback as Warnell (Oswald)
- Roger Cudney as Smithwick
