National Theatre Live: King Lear (2011)

02/03/2011 (GB) • Drama • 2h 36m

An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected.

Overview

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.

National Theatre Live: King Lear (2011)

02/03/2011 (GB) • 2h 36m

Drama

An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected.

Overview

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.

Top Billed 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

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

stage play

filmed theater

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