National Theatre Live: King Lear Trailer

National Theatre Live: King Lear Trailer (2018)

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.

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Cast

Ian McKellen

as King Lear

Danny Webb

as Gloucester

Claire Price

as Goneril

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

Daniel Rabin

as Cornwall

International Releases Dates

United Kingdom 27 September 2018

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