RSC Live: King Lear

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.

• Gregory DoranDirector

• Antony SherKing Lear
• Nia GwynneGoneril
• Kelly WilliamsRegan
• Natalie SimpsonCordelia
• Clarence SmithDuke of Albany
• James ClydeDuke of Cornwall
• Marcus GriffithsKing of France / Captain
• Theo OgundipeDuke of Burgundy / Herald
• Antony ByrneEarl of Kent
• David TroughtonEarl of Gloucester
• Oliver JohnstoneEdgar
• Paapa EssieduEdmund