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King Lear

20122h 30mMovie

Captured live at the Almeida Theatre in November 2012. An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

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Cast

Jonathan PryceKing Lear
Clive WoodEarl of Gloucester
Richard HopeDuke of Albany
Phoebe FoxCordelia
Ian GelderEarl of Kent
Zoe WaitesGoneril
Jenny JulesRegan
Kieran BewEdmund
Joplin SibtainDuke of Cornwall
Benjamin DillowayKing of France
Richard GouldingEdgar
Barry McCarthyLear's Gentleman
Trevor FoxFool

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Director: Michael Attenborough
Writers: William Shakespeare
Release date: November 1, 2012
Runtime: 2h 30m
Original language: English
Studios: Almeida Theatre

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National Theatre Live: Hamlet20158.6
Richard III19958.7
King Lear20187.9
Richard III19558.3
David and Bathsheba19516.1
Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour Live20157.5
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God20128.6
The Sound of Music Live!20135.2
Adele: Live at the Royal Albert Hall20118.8
Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids20168.1
Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour20188.6
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M220198.8

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