King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends. Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, Ian McKellen is King Lear in Shakespeare’s tender, violent, moving and shocking play, directed by Johnathan Munby. Broadcast live from the Duke of York's Theatre.
| Name | Type | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Shakespeare | Writer | ||
| Jonathan Munby | Director | ||
| Ross MacGibbon | Director | ||
| John Hastings | Actor | Curan / Doctor | |
| Claire Price | Actor | Goneril | |
| Michael Matus | Actor | Oswald | |
| Ian McKellen | Actor | King Lear | |
| Caleb J. Roberts | Actor | King of France / British Captain | |
| Anita-Joy Uwajeh | Actor | Cordelia | |
| Anthony Howell | Actor | Albany | |
| Sinéad Cusack | Actor | Kent | |
| Jake Mann | Actor | Burgundy | |
| Lloyd Hutchinson | Actor | Fool | |
| Daniel Rabin | Actor | Cornwall | |
| Danny Webb | Actor | Gloucester | |
| Scott Sparrow | Actor | Albany's Man | |
| Luke Thompson | Actor | Edgar | |
| Richard Clews | Actor | Gentleman Informer / Old Man | |
| Kirsty Bushell | Actor | Regan | |
| James Corrigan | Actor | Edmund |