National Theatre Live: King Lear (2011)
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.
- Date of release
- 2011-02-03
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 2h 36m
- Genres
- Drama
Casting
- 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
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