National Theatre Live: King Lear
movie
Released May 01, 2014
Genres:
Overview
An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. Simon Russell Beale, whose recent appearances at the National include Timon of Athens and Collaborators, takes the title role in Shakespeare’s tragedy.
Cast
Simon Russell Beale
as
Lear, King of Britain
Kate Fleetwood
as
Goneril
Anna Maxwell Martin
as
Regan
Olivia Vinall
as
Cordelia
Richard Clothier
as
The Duke of Albany
Michael Nardone
as
The Duke of Cornwall
Stephen Boxer
as
The Earl of Gloucester
Stanley Townsend
as
The Earl of Kent
Tom Brooke
as
Edgar
Sam Troughton
as
Edmund
Simon Manyonda
as
Oswald
Adrian Scarborough
as
The Fool
