National Theatre Live: King Lear
An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected.
An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in Western literature, King Lear explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.
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Top Cast
Derek Jacobi
King Lear
Michael Hadley
Earl of Kent
Paul Jesson
Earl of Gloucester
Alec Newman
Edmund
Gina McKee
Goneril
Justine Mitchell
Regan
Pippa Bennett-Warner
Cordelia
Tom Beard
Duke of Albany
Gideon Turner
Duke of Cornwall
Stefano Braschi
Duke of Burgundy
Ashley Zhangazha
King of France
Gwilym Lee
Edgar
Amit Shah
Oswald
Ron Cook
The Fool
Harry Attwell
Gentleman
Derek Hutchinson
Old Servant
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