Poster of National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear (8.1)

Movie · 2018 · 3 h 47 min · Drama

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.

Directed by: Jonathan Munby, Ross MacGibbon

Starring Ian McKellen, Sinéad Cusack, Danny Webb, Kirsty Bushell, James Corrigan, Lloyd Hutchinson, Claire Price, Luke Thompson, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Richard Clews

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