National Theatre Live: King Lear

February. 03,2011      
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Derek Jacobi as  King Lear
Paul Jesson as  Earl of Gloucester
Alec Newman as  Edmund
Gina McKee as  Goneril
Justine Mitchell as  Regan
Pippa Bennett-Warner as  Cordelia
Tom Beard as  Duke of Albany
Gideon Turner as  Duke of Cornwall
Stefano Braschi as  Duke of Burgundy
Gwilym Lee as  Edgar

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