National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear

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 for National Theatre Live: King Lear...

Ian McKellen
King Lear
Danny Webb
Gloucester
Richard Clews
Gentleman Informer / Old Man
John Hastings
Curan / Doctor
Jake Mann
Burgundy / Lear's Knight
Caleb Roberts
King of France
Daniel Rabin
Cornwall
Scott Sparrow
Albany's Man