Queye TV National Theatre Live: King Lear
Drama
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2014
3:25
★ 7.1
🇬🇧
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.

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

Crew

William Shakespeare

Theatre Play

Paddy Cunneen

Music

Sam Mendes

Stage Director

Robin Lough

Director

Sam Mendes

Director

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