National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear
2011Drama156 mins

Plot

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... read more

  • William Shakespeare

    Theatre Play

  • 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

  • Runtime

    156 minutes

    Released

    2011-02-03

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    National Theatre

    Updated

    101 days ago

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