National Theatre Live: King Lear
movie
An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected.
Released February 03, 2011
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Overview
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.
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
Justine Mitchell
as
Regan
Pippa Bennett-Warner
as
Cordelia
Tom Beard
as
Duke of Albany
Gideon Turner
as
Duke of Cornwall
Stefano Braschi
as
Duke of Burgundy
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Ashley Zhangazha
as
King of France
Gwilym Lee
as
Edgar
