National Theatre Live: King Lear(2011)

An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected.

70

2h 36m

  • Drama

Overview

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

    Derek Jacobi

    King Lear

  • Michael Hadley

    Michael Hadley

    Earl of Kent

  • Paul Jesson

    Paul Jesson

    Earl of Gloucester

  • Alec Newman

    Alec Newman

    Edmund

  • Gina McKee

    Gina McKee

    Goneril

  • Justine Mitchell

    Justine Mitchell

    Regan

  • Pippa Bennett-Warner

    Pippa Bennett-Warner

    Cordelia

  • Tom Beard

    Tom Beard

    Duke of Albany

  • Gideon Turner

    Gideon Turner

    Duke of Cornwall

  • Stefano Braschi

    Stefano Braschi

    Duke of Burgundy

  • Gwilym Lee

    Gwilym Lee

    Edgar

  • Amit Shah

    Amit Shah

    Oswald

  • Ron Cook

    Ron Cook

    The Fool

  • Derek Hutchinson

    Derek Hutchinson

    Old Servant

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    Status

    Released (Feb 3, 2011)

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