Film

National Theatre Live: King Lear

2018 · 3h 47m · Drama

IMDb

8.3

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.

Ian McKellen

King Lear

Sinéad Cusack

Kent

Danny Webb

Gloucester

Kirsty Bushell

Regan

James Corrigan

Edmund

Lloyd Hutchinson

Fool

Claire Price

Goneril

Luke Thompson

Edgar

Anita-Joy Uwajeh

Cordelia

Richard Clews

Gentleman Informer / Old Man

John Hastings

Curan / Doctor

Jake Mann

Burgundy / Lear's Knight

Michael Matus

Oswald

Caleb Roberts

King of France

Anthony Howell

Albany

Daniel Rabin

Cornwall

• Jonathan MunbyDirector
• Ross MacGibbonDirector

King Lear | Official Trailer | National Theatre Live

Release date

September 27, 2018

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

3h 47m

Genres

Drama

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