National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)

National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)

2018-09-27 United Kingdom 227 Min. PG-13
8.2 9 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

Ian McKellen is King Lear
King Lear
Danny Webb is Gloucester
Gloucester
Claire Price is Goneril
Richard Clews is Gentleman Informer / Old Man
Gentleman Informer / Old Man
John Hastings is Curan / Doctor
Curan / Doctor
Jake Mann is Burgundy / Lear's Knight
Burgundy / Lear's Knight