Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.

• National Theatre
• Ian McKellen
• Sinéad Cusack
• Danny Webb
• Kirsty Bushell
• James Corrigan
• Lloyd Hutchinson
• Claire Price
• Luke Thompson