National Theatre Live: King Lear
2014•3h 25m•7.1/10
Drama
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7.1/10(8)
An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. Simon Russell Beale, whose recent appearances at the National include Timon of Athens and Collaborators, takes the title role in Shakespeare’s tragedy.
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National Theatre
Language
EN
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Cast
Simon Russell Beale
Lear, King of Britain
Kate Fleetwood
Goneril
Anna Maxwell Martin
Regan
Olivia Vinall
Cordelia
Richard Clothier
The Duke of Albany
Michael Nardone
The Duke of Cornwall
Stephen Boxer
The Earl of Gloucester
Stanley Townsend
The Earl of Kent
Tom Brooke
Edgar
Sam Troughton
Edmund
Simon Manyonda
Oswald
Adrian Scarborough
The Fool
Paapa Essiedu
The Duke of Burgundy
Daniel Millar
Curan
Colin Haigh
Old Man
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