Film
National Theatre Live: King Lear
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.
Overview
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 McKellenKing Lear
- Sinéad CusackKent
- Danny WebbGloucester
- Kirsty BushellRegan
- James CorriganEdmund
- Lloyd HutchinsonFool
- Claire PriceGoneril
- Luke ThompsonEdgar
