King Lear
Derek Jacobi
King Lear
National Theatre Live: King Lear
“An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected.”
7.0
2011
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
Earl of Kent
Michael Hadley
Earl of Kent
Earl of Gloucester
Paul Jesson
Earl of Gloucester
Edmund
Alec Newman
Edmund
Goneril
Gina McKee
Goneril
Regan
Justine Mitchell
Regan
Cordelia
Pippa Bennett-Warner
Cordelia
Duke of Albany
Tom Beard
Duke of Albany
Duke of Cornwall
Gideon Turner
Duke of Cornwall
Duke of Burgundy
Stefano Braschi
Duke of Burgundy
King of France
Ashley Zhangazha
King of France
Edgar
Gwilym Lee
Edgar
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