National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear

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

2011 en 156 minutes

Rating: 7

Plot

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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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

Ashley Zhangazha

Ashley Zhangazha

King of France

Gwilym Lee

Gwilym Lee

Edgar

Amit Shah

Amit Shah

Oswald

Ron Cook

Ron Cook

The Fool

Harry Attwell

Harry Attwell

Gentleman

Derek Hutchinson

Derek Hutchinson

Old Servant

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