
National Theatre Live: King Lear
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.
Release Date: 2011-02-03
Drama
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Casts

Derek Jacobi
as King Lear

Michael Hadley
as Earl of Kent

Paul Jesson
as Earl of Gloucester

Alec Newman
as Edmund

Gina McKee
as Goneril

Justine Mitchell
as Regan

Pippa Bennett-Warner
as Cordelia

Tom Beard
as Duke of Albany

Gideon Turner
as Duke of Cornwall

Stefano Braschi
as Duke of Burgundy