National Theatre Live: King Lear
Ross MacGibbon2018-09-27
8.2
227 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Ian McKellen | King Lear | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Sinéad Cusack | Kent | Unowned |
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Danny Webb | Gloucester | Unowned |
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Kirsty Bushell | Regan | Unowned |
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James Corrigan | Edmund | Unowned |
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Lloyd Hutchinson | Fool | Unowned |
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Claire Price | Goneril | Unowned |
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Luke Thompson | Edgar | Unowned |
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Anita-Joy Uwajeh | Cordelia | Unowned |
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Richard Clews | Gentleman Informer / Old Man | Unowned |
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John Hastings | Curan / Doctor | Unowned |
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Jake Mann | Burgundy / Lear's Knight | Unowned |
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Michael Matus | Oswald | Unowned |
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Caleb Roberts | King of France | Unowned |
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Anthony Howell | Albany | Unowned |
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Daniel Rabin | Cornwall | Unowned |
|
Scott Sparrow | Albany's Man | Unowned |
|
James Millard | Unowned | |
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Johanne Murdock | Unowned | |
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Jessica Murrain | Unowned | |
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John Vernon | Unowned |