National Theatre Live: King Lear
27/09/2018
4h

Considered 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.
Cast


Ian McKellen
King Lear


Sinéad Cusack
Kent


Danny Webb
Gloucester
Kirsty Bushell
Regan


James Corrigan
Edmund


Lloyd Hutchinson
Fool


Claire Price
Goneril


Luke Thompson
Edgar


Anita-Joy Uwajeh
Cordelia
Richard Clews
Gentleman Informer / Old Man
John Hastings
Curan / Doctor
Jake Mann
Burgundy / Lear's Knight


Michael Matus
Oswald
Caleb Roberts
King of France


Anthony Howell
Albany


Daniel Rabin
Cornwall


Scott Sparrow
Albany's Man
James Millard


Johanne Murdock


Jessica Murrain


John Vernon
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