- Country: UK
- Genres: Drama, History
- Release: 2014-05-18
- Director: Sam Mendes (I)
- Writers: William Shakespeare , Geoffrey of Monmouth
- Language: English
- Stars: Saif Al-Warith , Waj Ali , Nathan Ampofo , Paul Anthoney , James Barnes , Simon Russell Beale , Jonathan Blakeley , Jonathan Blakeley , Stephen Boxer , Cassie Bradley , Tom Brooke
- Runtime: 210 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: National Theatre Live: King Lear (Germany) , National Theatre Live: King Lear , King Lear (New Zealand) , National Theatre Live: King Lear (United Kingdom) , NT Live: King Lear (Australia) , King Lear (United States of America)
- Plot: An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
- IMDB:tt3704248
King Lear Cast · · · ALL
Sam Mendes
(I)
Director
Simon Russell Beale
Lear, King of Britain
Kate Fleetwood
Goneril
Anna Maxwell Martin
Regan
Olivia Vinall
Cordelia
Richard Clothier
The Duke of Albany
Michael Nardone
The Duke of Cornwall
Stephen Boxer
The Earl of Gloucester
Stanley Townsend
The Earl of Kent
Tom Brooke
Edgar
Sam Troughton
Edmund
Simon Manyonda
Oswald
Adrian Scarborough
The Fool
Paapa Essiedu
The Duke of Burgundy
Daniel Millar
Curan
Colin Haigh
Old Man