National Theatre Live: King Lear (2014)
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.
Cast
Simon Russell Beale
Lear, King of Britain
Kate Fleetwood
Goneril
Anna Maxwell Martin
Regan
Olivia Vinall
Cordelia
Richard Clothier
The Duke of Albany
Michael Nardone
The Duke of Cornwall
Stephen Boxer
The Earl of Gloucester
Stanley Townsend
The Earl of Kent
Tom Brooke
Edgar
Sam Troughton
Edmund
Simon Manyonda
Oswald
Adrian Scarborough
The Fool
Paapa Essiedu
The Duke of Burgundy
Colin Haigh
Old ManRecommendations
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Come Sunday
What Maisie Knew
Sky
Resurrecting the Champ
TalhotBlond
Reading Lolita in Tehran
King Lear
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Hungry Hearts
The Girl in the Book
Hamlet
The River
Gigi & Nate
The Pumpkin Eater
Fast Girls
Killer's Kiss
My Dinner with Hervé
The Truth About Emanuel
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film