This title is licensed for public performance by the MPLC umbrella license. Intending to divide his realm among his three daughters, the dictatorial Lear commands each give a testimony of her love. But after the gushing of malevolent Goneril and Regan, loyal Cordelia states: "I love your majesty according to my bond; nor more or less." She is banished, and Lear's descent into madness begins. Stars Michael Hordern, John Shrapnel and Anton Lesser. (BBC television production).