MOVIE · 2011
National Theatre Live: King Lear
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.
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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
Featured cast
Derek JacobiKing Lear
Michael HadleyEarl of Kent
Paul JessonEarl of Gloucester
Alec NewmanEdmund
Gina McKeeGoneril
Justine MitchellRegan
Pippa Bennett-WarnerCordelia
Tom BeardDuke of AlbanyMORE TO EXPLORE
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