National Theatre Live: King Lear
Drama
An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected.
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.
2011-02-03
en
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
Gwilym Lee as Edgar
Amit Shah as Oswald
Ron Cook as The Fool
Derek Hutchinson as Old Servant