National Theatre Live: King Lear 2011

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.

Cast:

Derek Jacobi
King Lear 

Michael Hadley
Earl of Kent 

Paul Jesson
Earl of Gloucester 

Alec Newman
Edmund 

Gina McKee
Goneril 

Justine Mitchell
Regan