National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)
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.
- Released
- 2018-09-27
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 227 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jonathan Munby, Ross MacGibbon
- TMDB rating
- 8.1/10 from 12 votes
Cast
- Ian McKellen as King Lear
- Sinéad Cusack as Kent
- Danny Webb as Gloucester
- Kirsty Bushell as Regan
- James Corrigan as Edmund
- Lloyd Hutchinson as Fool
- Claire Price as Goneril
- Luke Thompson as Edgar
- Anita-Joy Uwajeh as Cordelia
- Richard Clews as Gentleman Informer / Old Man
- John Hastings as Curan / Doctor
- Jake Mann as Burgundy / Lear's Knight