National Theatre Live: King Lear

Name: National Theatre Live: King Lear
Cast: Ian McKellen, Sinéad Cusack, Danny Webb, Kirsty Bushell, James Corrigan

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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 treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.

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Cast & Crew

Directors: Jonathan Munby, Ross MacGibbon

Ian McKellen

as King Lear

Sinéad Cusack

as Kent

Danny Webb

as Gloucester

Kirsty Bushell

as Regan

James Corrigan

as Edmund

Lloyd Hutchinson

as Fool

Claire Price

as Goneril

Luke Thompson

as Edgar

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