Overview
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.
Cast
- Simon Russell Beale as Lear, King of Britain
- Kate Fleetwood as Goneril
- Anna Maxwell Martin as Regan
- Olivia Vinall as Cordelia
- Richard Clothier as The Duke of Albany
- Michael Nardone as The Duke of Cornwall
- Stephen Boxer as The Earl of Gloucester
- Stanley Townsend as The Earl of Kent
- Tom Brooke as Edgar
- Sam Troughton as Edmund