National Theatre Live: King Lear
03/02/2011
3h



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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
King Lear


Michael Hadley
Earl of Kent


Paul Jesson
Earl of Gloucester


Alec Newman
Edmund


Gina McKee
Goneril


Justine Mitchell
Regan


Pippa Bennett-Warner
Cordelia


Tom Beard
Duke of Albany


Gideon Turner
Duke of Cornwall


Stefano Braschi
Duke of Burgundy
Ashley Zhangazha
King of France


Gwilym Lee
Edgar


Amit Shah
Oswald


Ron Cook
The Fool
Harry Attwell
Gentleman


Derek Hutchinson
Old Servant
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