National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear

227 mins | Drama | Sept. 27, 2018

Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.

National Theatre Live: King Lear

227 mins | Drama | Sept. 27, 2018

National Theatre Live: King Lear
Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.
IMDb rating 8.3
Producers
Original title National Theatre Live: King Lear
Directors
Writers William Shakespeare

Cast

Ian McKellen

as King Lear

Sinéad Cusack

as Kent

Danny Webb

as Gloucester

Kirsty Bushell

as Regan

James Corrigan

as Edmund

Claire Price

as Goneril

Luke Thompson

as Edgar

Anita-Joy Uwajeh

as Cordelia

Richard Clews

as Gentleman Informer / Old Man

John Hastings

as Curan / Doctor

Jake Mann

as Burgundy / Lear's Knight

Michael Matus

as Oswald

Caleb Roberts

as King of France

Anthony Howell

as Albany

Daniel Rabin

as Cornwall

Scott Sparrow

as Albany's Man