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Royal Shakespeare Company: King Lear (2016)
Directed by Gregory Doran
Overview
King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without the burden of power. Misjudging his children’s loyalty and finding himself alone in the wilderness, he is left to confront the mistakes of a life that has brought him to this point. Antony Sher plays King Lear, one of the greatest parts written by Shakespeare in this, one of Shakespeare’s most epic and powerful plays.
Length 180 minutes
Actors
Antony Sher | David Troughton | Ewart James Walters | Eke Chukwu | Clarence Smith | Antony Byrne | Oliver Johnstone | Marcus Griffiths | Paapa Essiedu | Marième Diouf | James Clyde | Theo Ogundipe | Graham Turner | Natalie Simpson | James Cooney | Bethan Cullinane | Romayne Andrews | Kevin Golding | Byron Mondahl | Nia Gwynne | Caroline Ward | Kelly Williams | Thomas Stafford | Jenny Fennessy | Simon Carr | Morgan Cave | David Claridge | George Davis-Riley | Phoenix Di Sebastiani | Brandon Dodsworth | Freddy Goymer | Anthony Newbould | Graham Wilkes | Anton Wright