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National Theatre Live: King Lear

Genre:Drama

Released:2018-09-27

Runtime:227

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 McKellen

Character: King Lear

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Sinéad Cusack

Character: Kent

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Danny Webb

Character: Gloucester

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Kirsty Bushell

Character: Regan

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James Corrigan

Character: Edmund

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Lloyd Hutchinson

Character: Fool

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Claire Price

Character: Goneril

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Luke Thompson

Character: Edgar

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Anita-Joy Uwajeh

Character: Cordelia

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Richard Clews

Character: Gentleman Informer / Old Man

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John Hastings

Character: Curan / Doctor

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Jake Mann

Character: Burgundy / Lear's Knight

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Michael Matus

Character: Oswald

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Caleb Roberts

Character: King of France

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Anthony Howell

Character: Albany

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Daniel Rabin

Character: Cornwall

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Scott Sparrow

Character: Albany's Man

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James Millard

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Johanne Murdock

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Jessica Murrain

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John Vernon

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