National Theatre Live: King Lear

An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. Simon Russell Beale, whose recent appearances at the National include Timon of Athens and Collaborators, takes the title role in Shakespeare’s tragedy.

• 
  Simon Russell Beale

  Lear, King of Britain
• 
  Kate Fleetwood

  Goneril
• 
  Anna Maxwell Martin

  Regan
• 
  Olivia Vinall

  Cordelia
• 
  Richard Clothier

  The Duke of Albany
• 
  Michael Nardone

  The Duke of Cornwall
• 
  Stephen Boxer

  The Earl of Gloucester
• 
  Stanley Townsend

  The Earl of Kent
• 
  Tom Brooke

  Edgar
• 
  Sam Troughton

  Edmund