Drama
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.
Directed by Jonathan Munby, Ross MacGibbon
81
User score
11 votes
Status
Released
Released
September 27, 2018
Runtime
3h 47m
Language
English
Top cast
Ian McKellen
King Lear
Sinéad Cusack
Kent
Danny Webb
Gloucester
Kirsty Bushell
Regan
James Corrigan
Edmund
Lloyd Hutchinson
Fool
Claire Price
Goneril
Luke Thompson
Edgar
Anita-Joy Uwajeh
Cordelia
Richard Clews
Gentleman Informer / Old Man
John Hastings
Curan / Doctor
Jake Mann
Burgundy / Lear's Knight
Michael Matus
Oswald
Caleb Roberts
King of France
Anthony Howell
Albany
Daniel Rabin
Cornwall
Scott Sparrow
Albany's Man
James Millard
Johanne Murdock
Jessica Murrain
