King Lear

Synopsis

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

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Cast

Anthony Hopkins

Lear

Emma Thompson

Goneril

Emily Watson

Regan

Jim Broadbent

Earl of Gloucester

Florence Pugh

Cordelia

Jim Carter

Earl of Kent

Andrew Scott

Edgar

John Macmillan

Edmund

Tobias Menzies

Duke of Cornwall

Anthony Calf

Duke of Albany

Karl Johnson

Fool

Christopher Eccleston

Oswald

John Standing

Butler

Simon Manyonda

Duke of Burgundy

Chukwudi Iwuji

King of France

Samuel Valentine

Lear's Gentleman

Arinzé Kene

Lieutenant

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Sharon Wattis

1st Maid

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Kaye Brown

2nd Maid

Raphael Desprez

French Officer

Crew

Art

• Kevin Day Standby Property Master
• Peter Francis Production Design
• Charlotte Dirickx Set Decoration
• Matt Curtis Title Designer
• Astrid Sieben Art Direction
• Sam Farr Set Dresser
• Paul Carter Property Master

Camera

• Ben Smithard Director of Photography
• Arron Monkman Second Assistant "A" Camera
• Simon Baker Steadicam Operator
• John L. Wilson Still Photographer
• Lorena Pagés Second Assistant "B" Camera
• Moe Owoborode Camera Trainee
• Tristan Haley First Assistant "A" Camera

Costume & Make-Up

• Naomi Donne Makeup Designer
• Tessa Phillips Costume Supervisor
• Doone Forsyth Makeup & Hair
• Sara Kramer Key Hairdresser
• Fotini Dimou Costume Design
• Lolly Goodship Makeup & Hair
• Naomi Donne Hair Designer
• Sara Kramer Key Makeup Artist
• Laura Panayiotou Tailor
• Chris Lyons Special Effects Makeup Artist

Crew

• Gisela Evert Post Production Supervisor
• Annabelle Hood Floor Runner
• Sam Dormer Armorer
• Rachel McLean Set Medic
• Andreas Petrides Stunt Coordinator

Directing

• Richard Eyre Director
• Nick Shuttleworth First Assistant Director
• Luc Gavigan Third Assistant Director
• Alex Gavigan Second Assistant Director
• Karen Savage Script Supervisor

Editing

• Dan Farrell Editor
• Helena Evans Assistant Editor

Lighting

• Richard Harrowing Electrician
• Michael McDermott Gaffer
• Pawel Polak Lighting Technician
• James Smith-Pryor Rigging Gaffer

Production

• Sharon Moran Production Manager
• Colin Callender Executive Producer
• Ben Gladstone Location Manager
• Nina Gold Casting Director
• Scott Huff Executive Producer
• Sonia Friedman Executive Producer
• Laura Macara Executive Producer
• Michelle Mullen Line Producer
• Noëlette Buckley Producer
• Lucy Richer Executive Producer
• Fergus Haycock Executive Producer
• Elyse Dolbec Associate Producer

Sound

• Andrew Caller Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Simon Clark Production Sound Mixer
• Emilie O'Connor ADR Editor
• Stephen Warbeck Original Music Composer
• Brendan Nicholson Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Emilie O'Connor Dialogue Editor
• Mark Heslop Sound Effects Editor
• Zoe Freed Foley Artist
• Sam Walsh Foley Mixer
• Lewis Morison Music Editor
• Glen Gathard Foley Editor
• Jason Swanscott Foley Artist

Visual Effects

• Chris Reynolds Special Effects Supervisor
• Chiara Finello Visual Effects Coordinator
• Mark Wellband Visual Effects Producer

Writing

• Richard Eyre Writer
• William Shakespeare Theatre Play

Photos