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2014 | DIRECTED BY SAM MENDES AND ROBIN LOUGH

King Lear: NT Live 2014

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King Lear: NT Live 2014
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Movie Stats
Year
2014
Runtime
 210 minutes (3 hrs 30 mins)
Certificates

12A

PG

G

12A

Not Rated
Select Cast
Saif Al-Warith
Waj Ali
Nathan Ampofo
Paul Anthoney
James Barnes
Simon Russell Beale
Full cast and crew
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First viewed:
4th May 2016
Last viewed:
8th Feb 2025
Total views:
25
Release Dates
US release date
 US release
18th May 2014
11 years 5 months 20 days ago
New Zealand release date
 New Zealand
5th June 2014
11 years 5 months 2 days ago
Australia release date
 Australia
21st June 2014
11 years 4 months 16 days ago
Total Grosses
United Kingdom Flag
UK total gross
  £1.2 Million
Cinema Tickets Sold
United Kingdom Flag
UK tickets sold
180,908 aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Released: 1st May '14
  • Debut box office: 2nd May '14
  • Debut position: 17
  • Highest position: 17
  • Debut gross: £30.3 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 7
US Release
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.

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Directed by
sam mendes Sam Mendes
robin lough Robin Lough
Starring
Saif Al-WarithSoldier
Waj AliSoldier
Nathan AmpofoSoldier
Paul AnthoneySoldier
James BarnesFrench Soldier
Simon Russell BealeLear
Jonathan BlakeleyLear Knight / Gloucester Servant
Stephen BoxerThe Earl of Gloucester
Cassie BradleyNurse
Tom BrookeEdgar
Richard ClothierThe Duke of Albany
Richard ClothierThe Duke of Albany
Matthew DarcySoldier
Amit DhutSoldier
Paapa EssieduThe Duke of Burgundy
robin loughKate FleetwoodGoneril
Colin HaighOld Man
John HastingsLear Knight
James Inkson-StevensKnight
Simon ManyondaOswald
Anna Maxwell MartinRegan
Daniel MillarCuran
Michael NardoneThe Duke of Cornwall
Shane NooneSoldier / Medic
Joseph OgelekaLear Knight
Gary PowellAn Officer
Javier RaseroSoldier
Adrian ScarboroughThe Fool
Anthony SteeleFrench Soldier
Hannah StokelyDoctor
Jonathan Dryden TaylorCornwall's Servant
Stanley TownsendThe Earl of Kent
Sam TroughtonEdmund
Maxwell TylerSoldier
Olivia VinallCordelia
Ross WaitonKing of France / Captain
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2014-05-01
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UK Box Office Info
Highest Place
17
Weeks top 15
0
Total weeks
7
Total UK Gross:
£1,181,330
UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
King Lear: NT Live 2014
2 May 2014
17N
£30,252
£807,312
23 May 2014
27▼
£3,518
£964,697
30 May 2014
34▼
£596
£987,613
6 Jun 2014
37▼
£634
£995,642
20 Jun 2014
30▲
£1,628
£1,001,414
27 Jun 2014
42▼
£308
£1,001,722
21 Aug 2020
57▼
£130
£1,181,330

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

North American Box Office Chart History
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* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Chart History
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* Box office information befroe 2018 for global figures is continually being researched and hence is not complete and can be innacurate.

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UK total gross
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History
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News from around the web
King Lear at the National Theatre – reviews roundup  The Guardian Fri, 24th January 2014

Cinema screening: King Lear starring Simon Russell Beale  West End Theatre Sat, 27th November 2021

Wales Arts: National Theatre Live - coming to a cinema near you  BBC Mon, 24th January 2011

Shakespeare’s Raging Monarch as a Modern-Day Dictator (Published 2014)  The New York Times Sun, 26th January 2014

London Theater Review: ‘King Lear’ Directed by Sam Mendes  Variety Fri, 24th January 2014

King Lear - review  The Guardian Fri, 24th January 2014

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