When did Great Performances Season 3 Episode 5 air?
Great Performances Season 3 Episode 5 aired on February 20, 1974 at 9 PM ET.


The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
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Great Performances Season 3 Episode 5 aired on February 20, 1974 at 9 PM ET.
This episode runs for approximately 175 minutes.
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