National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)

Name: National Theatre Live: King Lear
Director: Jonathan Munby
Released: 2018-09-27
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Ian McKellen, Sinéad Cusack, Danny Webb, Kirsty Bushell, James Corrigan

Drama

227 min

Plot Summary

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.