National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear

3h 47m 8.1/10

Overview

Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.

Director

Ross MacGibbon

Top Billed Cast

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen

King Lear

Sinéad Cusack

Sinéad Cusack

Kent

Danny Webb

Danny Webb

Gloucester

Lloyd Hutchinson

Lloyd Hutchinson

Fool

James Corrigan

James Corrigan

Edmund

Kirsty Bushell

Regan

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