Original title:
National Theatre Live: King Lear
[en]
Watch the trailer (english)
Watch the trailer (english)
National Theatre Live: King Lear
[en]
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.
Genre
Drama
Country
United Kingdom 
Duration
2 hours 36 minutes
Release status
Released
Actors
King Lear
Derek Jacobi
Earl of Kent
Michael Hadley
Earl of Gloucester
Paul Jesson
Edmund
Alec Newman
Goneril
Gina McKee
Regan
Justine Mitchell
Cordelia
Pippa Bennett-Warner
Duke of Albany
Tom Beard
Duke of Cornwall
Gideon Turner
Duke of Burgundy
Stefano Braschi
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