National Theatre Live: King Lear

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7.1

NR

Genre: Drama
Release year: 2014
Running time: 205 min
Country: United Kingdom

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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Adrian Scarborough
The Fool
Stanley Townsend
The Earl of Kent
Tom Brooke
Edgar
Anna Maxwell Martin
Regan
Simon Russell Beale
Lear, King of Britain
Sam Troughton
Edmund
Michael Nardone
The Duke of Cornwall
Olivia Vinall
Cordelia

Sam Mendes
Stage Director
Robin Lough
Director
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Paddy Cunneen
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