National Theatre Live: King Lear(2018)

3h 47m
- Drama
- History

Release Date: Sep 27, 2018 | Moderate

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.

Official Website

Releases

Original Release | Sep 27, 2018

Current Showtimes

orround

Tue Aug 25
Wed Aug 26
Thu Aug 27
Fri Aug 28
Sat Aug 29
Sun Aug 30
Mon Aug 31

Director & Top Cast

Jonathan Munby
Director

Ross MacGibbon
Director

Paul Jesson
Earl of Gloucester

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: DTS

Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

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. Tender, violent, moving, and shocking, King Lear is considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written. This will be an explosive, charged, and contemporary retelling of Shakespeare's epic masterpiece in the intimate setting of the Minerva Theatre.