National Theatre Live: King Lear

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• Genre(s): Drama
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Ross MacGibbon, Jonathan Munby
• Cast(s): Ian McKellen, Sinéad Cusack, Danny Webb, James Corrigan, Lloyd Hutchinson See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 3h 47min
• Similar To: The Bikeriders, The Blue Angels
• Story:
  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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