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Cast

Jim Broadbent profile

Jim Broadbent

Earl of Gloucester

Jim Carter profile

Jim Carter

Earl of Kent

Tobias Menzies profile

Tobias Menzies

Duke of Cornwall

Anthony Calf profile

Anthony Calf

Duke of Albany

Simon Manyonda profile

Simon Manyonda

Duke of Burgundy

Chukwudi Iwuji profile

Chukwudi Iwuji

King of France

Samuel Valentine profile

Samuel Valentine

Lear's Gentleman

Arinzé Kene profile

Arinzé Kene

Lieutenant

Kaye Brown profile

Kaye Brown

2nd Maid

Raphael Desprez profile

Raphael Desprez

French Officer

Sam Redford profile

Sam Redford

Young Captain

Liam McKenna profile

Liam McKenna

Sergeant Major

Paul Tinto profile

Paul Tinto

Soldier

Eric Kofi Abrefa profile

Eric Kofi Abrefa

Officer (Dover Castle)

Nick Khan profile

Nick Khan

Refugee

Daria Riz profile

Daria Riz

Refugee

Details

Status

Released

Original language

en

Countries

GB

Reviews

Stephen Campbell profile pic

A review by Stephen Campbell 7

April 18, 2019

A strong adaptation marred by a poor central performance

The Lear of Shakespeare cannot be acted. The contemptible machinery by which they mimic the storm which he goes out in, is not more inadequate to represent the horrors of the real elements, than any actor can be to represent Lear: they might more easily propose to personate the Satan of Milton upon a stage, or one of Michael Angelo's terrible figures. The greatness of Lear is not in ...

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