National Theatre Live: King Lear
Two aging fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, and their worlds crumble.
Year
2018
Duration
3h 47m
IMDb
8.4
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Cast
Ross MacGibbon
Director
Jonathan Munby
Director
Ian McKellen
King Lear
Cast
Ross MacGibbon
Director
Jonathan Munby
Director
Ian McKellen
King Lear
Sinéad Cusack
Kent
Danny Webb
Gloucester
Anita-Joy Uwajeh
Cordelia
Lloyd Hutchinson
Fool
Luke Thompson
Edgar
James Corrigan
Edmund
Michael Matus
Oswald
Anthony Howell
Albany
Daniel Rabin
Cornwall
Richard Clews
Gentleman Informer
Richard Clews
Old Man
Scott Sparrow
Albany's Man
Kirsty Bushell
Regan
Claire Price
Goneril
John Hastings
Curan
Caleb Roberts
King of France
John Hastings
Doctor
Caleb Roberts
British Captain
Jake Mann
Burgundy
James Millard
Ensemble
William Shakespeare
Writer
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