Movie
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Released: September 27, 2018 (2018)
Runtime: 227 minutes
Genres: 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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Ian McKellen as King Lear
Age at release: 79
- Sinéad Cusack as Kent
Age at release: 70
- Danny Webb as Gloucester
Age at release: 60
- Claire Price as Goneril
Age at release: 46
- Luke Thompson as Edgar
Age at release: 30
- Kirsty Bushell as Regan
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- James Corrigan as Edmund
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- Lloyd Hutchinson as Fool
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- Anita-Joy Uwajeh as Cordelia
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- Richard Clews as Gentleman Informer / Old Man
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- Anthony Howell as Albany
Age at release: 47
- Jake Mann as Burgundy / Lear's Knight
Age at release: 24
- John Hastings as Curan / Doctor
Age at release: Unknown
- Michael Matus as Oswald
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- Caleb Roberts as King of France
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- Daniel Rabin as Cornwall
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- Scott Sparrow as Albany's Man
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