King Lear (2015)

8.3/10 156 min Drama

Overview

The Stratford Festival’s critically acclaimed performance of King Lear. An aging monarch resolves to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, with consequences he little expects. His reason shattered in the storm of violent emotion that ensues, with his very life hanging in the balance, Lear loses everything that has defined him as a king – and thereby discovers the essence of his own humanity.

Cast

Colm Feore

King Lear

Jonathan Goad

Kent

Sara Farb

Cordelia

Maev Beaty

Goneril

Liisa Repo-Martell

Regan

Stephen Ouimette

Fool

Scott Wentworth

Gloucester

Evan Buliung

Edgar

Brad Hodder

Edmund

Michael Blake

Albany

Mike Shara

Cornwall

Thomas Olajide

Oswald

Karl Ang

King of France

Derek Moran

Burgundy

Xuan Fraser

Curan

Robert King

Old Man

Josue Laboucane

Captain

Gordon S. Miller

Herald / Knight

Michael Spencer-Davis

Doctor

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