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.
Royal Shakespeare Company: King Lear
King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without the burden of power. Misjudging his children’s loyalty and finding himself alone in the wilderness, he is left to confront the mistakes of a life that has brought him to this point. Antony Sher plays King Lear, one of the greatest parts written by Shakespeare in this, one of Shakespeare’s most epic and powerful plays.
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Ross MacGibbon
Director
Lloyd Hutchinson
as
Fool
Danny Webb
as
Gloucester
Sinéad Cusack
as
Kent
Ian McKellen
as
King Lear
Paapa Essiedu
as
Edmund
David Troughton
as
Gloucester
Nia Gwynne
as
Goneril
