National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear

Actors: Ian McKellen , Sinéad Cusack , Danny Webb , Kirsty Bushell , James Corrigan , Lloyd Hutchinson Directors: Jonathan Munby , Ross MacGibbon

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.