King Lear (1974)

James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him only to learn hes exalted the two who seek to destroy him This live performance recording of Joseph Papps New York Shakespeare Festival production deftly envisions the bards haunting tragedy with a fine supporting cast including Raul Julia Paul Sorvino and Rene Auberjonois