Anthony Hopkins
Lear
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Sep 27, 2018 · National Theatre Live: King Lear: Directed by Jonathan Munby, Ross MacGibbon. With Ian McKellen, Sinéad Cusack, Danny Webb, Kirsty Bushell. Two aging fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, and their worlds crumble.
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- Drama, History
- Jonathan Munby, Ross MacGibbon
- 2018-09-27
King Lear (TV Movie 2018) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Sir Ian McKellen Actor Twice nominated for the Oscar, and recipient of every major theatrical award in UK and US, Ian McKellen is widely regarded as one of the world's finest actors.
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.
"McKellen meticulously explores Lear's delusions of grandeur", John Nathan, Metro "McKellen is never less than astonishing", Neil Norman, Express Cast and Credits
Jul 27, 2018 · Ian McKellen shines as King Lear in a new production of Shakespeare’s play, and Rhys Ifans also plays a beleaguered monarch in Ionesco’s “Exit the King.”
