About the Show
King Lear divides his Kingdom between his daughters according to a declaration of their love for him. His eldest Goneril and Regan exaggerate their affection and inherit. His youngest daughter Cordelia speaks only the truth and is banished. So begins the tragedy of King Lear, whose dignity, sanity and finally life are torn from him by a self-seeking younger generation, ambitious for his power. What is love, what is madness, what is truth – Shakespeare explores these questions together with many others in King Lear, widely considered to be his greatest tragedy.
Cast
Kenneth Branagh
King Lear
Marca Allen
Curan
Deborah Alli
Goneril
Raymond Anum
Burgundy
Melanie-Joyce Bermudez
Regan
Doug Colling
Edgar
Dylan Corbett-Bader
France
Eleanor de Rohan
Kent
Chloe Fenwick-Brown
Oswald
Joseph Kloska
Gloucester
Corey Mylchreest
Edmund
Hughie O'Donnell
Cornwall
Caleb Obediah
Cornwall
Jessica Revell
Cordelia/The Fool
Creatives
Kenneth Branagh
Director
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