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Feb 3, 2011 · National Theatre Live: King Lear: Directed by Michael Grandage, Robin Lough. With Michael Hadley, Paul Jesson, Alec Newman, Derek Jacobi. An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child's love rejected. As Lear's world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question.
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Feb 3, 2011 · A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in Western literature, King Lear explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.
2h 36m. Drama/History. Cast. Michael Hadley (Earl of Kent) Paul Jesson (Earl of Gloucester) Alec Newman (Edmund) Derek Jacobi (King Lear) Gina McKee (Goneril) Justine Mitchell (Regan) Pippa...
HOTA, Home of the Arts. 2.7K subscribers. Subscribed. 731 views 5 years ago. Session Times: http://bit.ly/2q9tkYk Broadcast live from London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s ‘extraordinarily moving...
Sep 27, 2018 · Overview. 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. Jonathan Munby.
May 1, 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.
