National Theatre Live: King Lear
2 reviews
Drama
2h 36m
2011
An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works...
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An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in Western literature, King Lear explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.
Cast

Derek Jacobi
King Lear

Michael Hadley
Earl of Kent

Paul Jesson
Earl of Gloucester

Alec Newman
Edmund

Gina McKee
Goneril

Justine Mitchell
Regan

Pippa Bennett-Warner
Cordelia

Tom Beard
Duke of Albany

Gideon Turner
Duke of Cornwall

Stefano Braschi
Duke of Burgundy

Gwilym Lee
Edgar

Amit Shah
Oswald

Ron Cook
The Fool

Derek Hutchinson
Old Servant
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