King Lear
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
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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Richard Eyre
Director
Florence Pugh
as
Cordelia
Emma Thompson
as
Goneril
Anthony Hopkins
as
Lear
Emily Watson
as
Regan
Paapa Essiedu
as
Edmund
David Troughton
as
Gloucester
Nia Gwynne
as
Goneril
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