National Theatre Live: King Lear

★8.2 2018 Drama, History

Two aging fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, and their worlds crumble.

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Actors

Ian McKellen Ian McKellen King Lear
Sinéad Cusack Sinéad Cusack Kent
Danny Webb Danny Webb Gloucester
KB Kirsty Bushell Regan
James Corrigan James Corrigan Edmund
Lloyd Hutchinson Lloyd Hutchinson Fool
Claire Price Claire Price Goneril
Luke Thompson Luke Thompson Edgar
Anita-Joy Uwajeh Anita-Joy Uwajeh Cordelia
RC Richard Clews Gentleman Informer / Old Man
JH John Hastings Curan / Doctor
JM Jake Mann Burgundy / Lear's Knight