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 McKellen , Sinéad Cusack , Danny Webb , James Corrigan , Claire Price , Luke Thompson
Ross MacGibbon, Jonathan Munby
National Theatre