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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."

Cast

1327

Ian McKellen

as King Lear

11281

Sinéad Cusack

as Kent

53917

Danny Webb

as Gloucester

1459246

Kirsty Bushell

as Regan

2138079

James Corrigan

as Edmund

1255827

Lloyd Hutchinson

as Fool

1377840

Claire Price

as Goneril

1127887

Luke Thompson

as Edgar

2138086

Anita-Joy Uwajeh

as Cordelia

1793570

Richard Clews

as Gentleman Informer / Old Man

2138087

John Hastings

as Curan / Doctor

2138088

Jake Mann

as Burgundy / Lear's Knight

1763036

Michael Matus

as Oswald

2051908

Caleb Roberts

as King of France

165427

Anthony Howell

as Albany

1168477

Daniel Rabin

as Cornwall

1134987

Scott Sparrow

as Albany's Man

1569193

James Millard

as

2106040

Johanne Murdock

as

2138089

Jessica Murrain

as

2138090

John Vernon

as

Crew

2961336

Jonathan Munby

Director

28489

Ross MacGibbon

Director

6210

William Shakespeare

Theatre Play