National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear (2011)

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

Drama

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.

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  • Release Date: 2011-02-03
  • Runtime: 2h 36min

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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

  • Ashley Zhangazha

    King of France

  • Gwilym Lee

    Edgar

  • Amit Shah

    Oswald

  • Ron Cook

    The Fool

  • Harry Attwell

    Gentleman

  • Derek Hutchinson

    Old Servant

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