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81% Critic Match
National Theatre Live: King Lear
8.1 / 10• 2018• 3h 47m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
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 & Crew
Ian McKellen
King Lear
Lead
Sinéad Cusack
Kent
Danny Webb
Gloucester
KB
Kirsty Bushell
Regan
James Corrigan
Edmund
Lloyd Hutchinson
Fool
Claire Price
Goneril
Luke Thompson
Edgar
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jonathan Munby's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. National Theatre Live: King Lear is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
