National Theatre Live: King Lear
Directed by Robin Lough, Sam Mendes
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An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. Simon Russell Beale, whose recent appearances at the National include Timon of Athens and Collaborators, takes the title role in Shakespeare’s tragedy.Read moreLess
An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. Simon Russell Beale, whose recent appearances at the National include Timon of Athens and Collaborators, takes the title role in Shakespeare’s tragedy.
The story
An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. Simon Russell Beale, whose recent appearances at the National include Timon of Athens and Collaborators, takes the title role in Shakespeare’s tragedy.
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Simon Russell BealeLear, King of Britain
Kate FleetwoodGoneril
Anna Maxwell MartinRegan
Olivia VinallCordelia
Richard ClothierThe Duke of Albany
Michael NardoneThe Duke of Cornwall
Stephen BoxerThe Earl of Gloucester
Stanley TownsendThe Earl of Kent
Tom BrookeEdgar
Sam TroughtonEdmund
Simon ManyondaOswald
Adrian ScarboroughThe FoolExplore the crew
- Director
- Robin Lough
- Director
- Sam Mendes