National Theatre Live: King Lear

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.

• 
  Robin Lough
• 
  Sam Mendes

• 
  Simon Russell Beale
  Lear, King of Britain
• 
  Kate Fleetwood
  Goneril
• 
  Anna Maxwell Martin
  Regan
• 
  Olivia Vinall
  Cordelia
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  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
• 
  Daniel Millar
  Curan
• 
  Colin Haigh
  Old Man