
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2018•227 min•
★8.1
Drama
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.
Cast & Crew

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

DirectorJonathan Munby
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