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National Theatre Live: King Lear

2018
Directed byJonathan Munby
3h 47m

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.

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Ian McKellenKing LearSinéad CusackKent
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Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
8.1

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