
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2018
4.1
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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2018
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.
- director
- Jonathan Munby
- cast
- Ian McKellen, Sinéad Cusack, Danny Webb, Kirsty Bushell
- genres
- runtime
- 3 hr 47 mins
Not available to watch online