King Lear

King Lear

156 mins | Drama | Feb. 18, 2015

Fathom Events and BY Experience bring the Stratford Festival’s critically acclaimed performance of King Lear to cinemas for a memorable one-night event. An aging monarch resolves to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, with consequences he little expects. His reason shattered in the storm of violent emotion that ensues, with his very life hanging in the balance, Lear loses everything that has defined him as a king – and thereby discovers the essence of his own humanity.

King Lear

156 mins | Drama | Feb. 18, 2015

King Lear
Fathom Events and BY Experience bring the Stratford Festival’s critically acclaimed performance of King Lear to cinemas for a memorable one-night event. An aging monarch resolves to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, with consequences he little expects. His reason shattered in the storm of violent emotion that ensues, with his very life hanging in the balance, Lear loses everything that has defined him as a king – and thereby discovers the essence of his own humanity.
Producers Melbar Entertainment Group
Original title King Lear
Directors Antoni Cimolino
Writers William Shakespeare

Cast

Colm Feore

as King Lear

Jonathan Goad

as Kent

Sara Farb

as Cordelia

Maev Beaty

as Goneril

Scott Wentworth

as Gloucester

Evan Buliung

as Edgar

Brad Hodder

as Edmund

Michael Blake

as Albany

Mike Shara

as Cornwall

Thomas Olajide

as Oswald

Karl Ang

as King of France

Derek Moran

as Burgundy

Xuan Fraser

as Curan

Robert King

as Old Man

Josue Laboucane

as Captain

Gordon S. Miller

as Herald / Knight