National Theatre Live: King Lear

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Ian McKellen King Lear

Sinéad Cusack Kent

Danny Webb Gloucester

Kirsty Bushell Regan

James Corrigan Edmund