27 September 2018 Drama 227 mins
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.
Watch the official National Theatre Live: King Lear 2018 trailer in HD below.
Ian McKellen as King Lear
Sinéad Cusack as Kent
Danny Webb as Gloucester
Kirsty Bushell as Regan
James Corrigan as Edmund
Lloyd Hutchinson as Fool
Claire Price as Goneril
Luke Thompson as Edgar
Anita-Joy Uwajeh as Cordelia
Richard Clews as Gentleman Informer / Old Man
John Hastings as Curan / Doctor
Jake Mann as Burgundy / Lear's Knight
Michael Matus as Oswald
Caleb Roberts as King of France
Anthony Howell as Albany
Daniel Rabin as Cornwall
United Kingdom 27 September 2018
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