National Theatre Live: King Lear

Name: National Theatre Live: King Lear
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Michael Hadley, Paul Jesson, Alec Newman, Gina McKee

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An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in Western literature, King Lear explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.

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Cast & Crew

Derek Jacobi

as King Lear

Michael Hadley

as Earl of Kent

Paul Jesson

as Earl of Gloucester

Alec Newman

as Edmund

Gina McKee

as Goneril

Justine Mitchell

as Regan

Pippa Bennett-Warner

as Cordelia

Tom Beard

as Duke of Albany

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