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National Theatre Live: King Lear

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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…

DirectorsJonathan Munby·Ross MacGibbon

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Cast · Directed by Jonathan Munby

IMIan McKellen
Ian McKellen
King Lear
SCSinéad Cusack
Sinéad Cusack
Kent
DWDanny Webb
Danny Webb
Gloucester
KB
Kirsty Bushell
Regan
JCJames Corrigan
James Corrigan
Edmund
LHLloyd Hutchinson
Lloyd Hutchinson
Fool
CPClaire Price
Claire Price
Goneril
LTLuke Thompson
Luke Thompson
Edgar
AUAnita-Joy Uwajeh
Anita-Joy Uwajeh
Cordelia
RC
Richard Clews
Gentleman Informer / Old Man
JH
John Hastings
Curan / Doctor
JM
Jake Mann
Burgundy / Lear's Knight

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