King Lear Page #2

Synopsis: Ian McKellen gives a tour-de-force performance as Shakespeare's tragic titular monarch in this special television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company production of one of the playwright's most enduring and haunting works.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Trevor Nunn
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Year:
2008
156 min
982 Views


to speak when power to flattery bows?

On thy life, no more!

My life I never held but as a pawn

to wage against thine enemies.

- Out of my sight.

- See better, Lear.

Now, by Apollo...

Now, by Apollo, King,

thou swear'st thy gods in vain.

O, vassal, miscreant!

- Forbear!

- Revoke thy gift.

Or, whilst I can vent clamour from my throat

I'll tell thee thou dost evil.

Hear me, recreant,

On thine allegiance hear me!

That thou hast sought

to make us break our vow,

which we durst never yet,

take thy reward.

Five days we do allot thee for provision

and on the sixth to turn thy hated back

upon our kingdom.

If on the next day following

thy banished trunk be found in our dominion,

the moment is thy death.

Away!

By Jupiter, this shall not be revoked.

Fare thee well, King,

sith thus thou wilt appear,

freedom lives hence,

and banishment is here.

The gods to their dear shelter

take thee, maid,

that justly think'st,

and hast most rightly said.

And your large speeches

may your deeds approve

that good effects may spring

from words of love.

Thus Kent, O princes, bids you all adieu.

He'll shape his old course

in a country new.

Here's France and Burgundy,

my noble lord.

My lord of Burgundy,

we first address toward you,

what in the least will you require

in present dower with her,

or cease your quest of love?

Most royal majesty, I crave no more

than what your highness offered.

Nor will you tender less.

Right noble Burgundy, when she was

dear to us, we did hold her so.

But now her price is fallen.

Sir, there she stands.

She's there, and she is yours.

I know no answer.

Sir, will you, with these infirmities

she owns,

unfriended, new-adopted to our hate,

dowered with our curse and strangered

with our oath, take her or leave her?

Pardon me, royal sir,

election makes not up in such conditions.

Then leave her, sir,

for, by the power that made me,

I tell thee all her wealth.

For you, great king.

Avert your liking a more worthier way

than on a wretch whom Nature is ashamed

almost to acknowledge.

This is most strange, that she whom even

but now was your best object,

balm of your age,

should in this trice of time

commit a thing so monstrous to dismantle

so many folds of favour.

I yet beseech your majesty

if for I want that glib and oily art

to speak and purpose not, that you make known

it is no vicious blot, murder, or foulness,

no unchaste action or dishonourable step that

hath deprived me of your grace and favour.

But even for want of that

for which I am richer.

Better thou hadst not been born

than not to have pleased me better.

Is it but this, a tardiness in nature

which often leaves the history unspoke

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "King Lear" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/king_lear_11834>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Browse Scripts.com

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.