King Lear

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

as King Lear

Jonathan Goad

as Kent

Sara Farb

as Cordelia

Maev Beaty

as Goneril

Liisa Repo-Martell

as Regan

Stephen Ouimette

as Fool

Scott Wentworth

as Gloucester

Evan Buliung

as Edgar

Brad Hodder

as Edmund

Michael Blake

as Albany

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