National Theatre Live: King Lear
2018Considered 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.
Acted in
Ian McKellen
as King Lear
Sinéad Cusack
as Kent
Danny Webb
as Gloucester
Kirsty Bushell
as Regan
James Corrigan
as Edmund
Lloyd Hutchinson
as Fool
Claire Price
as Goneril
Luke Thompson
as Edgar
Anita-Joy Uwajeh
as Cordelia
Richard Clews
as Gentleman Informer / Old Man
John Hastings
as Curan / Doctor
Jake Mann
as Burgundy / Lear's Knight
Michael Matus
as Oswald
Caleb Roberts
as King of France
Anthony Howell
as Albany
Daniel Rabin
as Cornwall
Scott Sparrow
as Albany's Man
James Millard
Johanne Murdock
Jessica Murrain
John Vernon