National Theatre Live: King Lear
2011
7.0 (2)
2 hr 36 min
An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected.
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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.
Top Cast
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
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