Release Date
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Original Release
May 1, 2014
3h 25m
National Theatre Live: King Lear (2014)
⭐ 7.1205 min
Overview
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.
Director
Robin Lough
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.3
Cast
Simon Russell Beale
Lear, King of Britain
⭐1.0
Kate Fleetwood
Goneril
⭐1.1
Anna Maxwell Martin
Regan
⭐1.5
Olivia Vinall
Cordelia
⭐0.6
Richard Clothier
The Duke of Albany
⭐0.5
Michael Nardone
The Duke of Cornwall
⭐0.8
Stephen Boxer
The Earl of Gloucester
⭐0.9
Stanley Townsend
The Earl of Kent
⭐1.3
Tom Brooke
Edgar
⭐0.9
Sam Troughton
Edmund
⭐1.0
Genres
Drama
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