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This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre’s production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

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    • Jun 29, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
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    King Lear: King Lear's Madness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 1:36


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: Goneril and Regan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 2:22


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: Act 1, Scene 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 2:21


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: Cordelia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 2:05


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: Truth and Perception

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 3:22


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: The Youngest Daughter Cordelia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 1:40


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: The Storm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 1:39


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: The Oldest Daughter Goneril

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 2:55


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: The Middle Daughter Regan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 1:43


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: The Knights

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 1:57


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: The House of Gloucester

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 2:32


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: The Fool

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 1:57


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: The First Scene

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 1:47


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: Settings and Locations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 1:13


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: Act 1, Scene 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 5:17


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: The Blinding of Gloucester

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 1:12


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: Act 3, Scene 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 3:23


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: A Violent World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 2:42


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: The Language of Madness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 2:20


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: A Dictator's Regime

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 2:15


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    King Lear: Act 4, Scene 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 4:08


    This collection of films offers performance extracts from the National Theatre's production of King Lear, alongside interviews with the cast and director about elements of the play.

    Staging the play

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2014 6:29


    Director Sam Mendes and the cast discuss the 2014 National Theatre production of King Lear. This film was originally shown as part of the NT Live broadcast.

    In conversation: Sam Mendes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2014 36:50


    The film and stage director talks talks to Mark Leipacher about his acclaimed production of King Lear, working with Simon Russell Beale and his career. This is a recording of a live Platform event from May 2014.

    King Lear: An Imperfect Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2014 37:11


    Psychoanalyst, Mike Brearley, and academic, Laurie Maguire, discuss Shakespeare's understanding of the complexities of the human mind, as seen in King Lear. This event was chaired by Michael Billington. This is a recording of a live Platform event from March 2014.

    In conversation: The Fool and Kent

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2014 41:37


    Adrian Scarborough and Stanley Townsend talk to Fiona Mountford about Sam Mendes' 2014 production of King Lear. This is a recording of a live Platform event from March 2014.

    In conversation: Simon Russell Beale on King Lear

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2014 56:56


    Simon Russell Beale talks to Mark Leipacher about the National Theatre's current production of King Lear directed by Sam Mendes. This is a recording of a live Platform event from February 2014.

    In conversation: Gloucester, Edmund and Edgar

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2014 41:01


    Stephen Boxer (Gloucester), Sam Troughton (Edmund) and Tom Brooke (Edgar) talk to Mark Leipacher about the National Theatre's current production of King Lear directed by Sam Mendes. This is a recording of a live Platform event from February 2014.

    In conversation: Goneril, Regan and Cordelia

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2014 36:00


    In the first event of the Platform series Kate Fleetwood (Goneril), Anna Maxwell Martin (Regan) and Olivia Vinall (Cordelia) discuss their characters, working with Sam Mendes and their first experiences of King Lear.

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