National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear

8.2

Sep 27 2018

4h 47m

Drama

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

Ian McKellen

King Lear

Sinéad Cusack

Sinéad Cusack

Kent

Danny Webb

Danny Webb

Gloucester

Kirsty Bushell

Kirsty Bushell

Regan

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