by Mark Hockley
synopsis
Shakespeare's tragedy, made for British television, is given a full-blooded rendition here with the great Laurence Olivier in the title role and a stellar cast to support him, in the tale of a king torn apart by the ambition and treachery within his family and by his own pride.
characteristics
- High Artistic Quality
- Fathers And Daughters
- Crowned Heads
- Generation-gap
- Jealousy
- Greed
- Kill
- Treachery
- Treacherous
- Poison
- King
- Family
- Deception
- Betrayal
- Avarice
