National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear (2011)

February 3rd, 20112h 36min

Drama
70%

Overview

An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in Western literature, King Lear explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.


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