KING LEAR, From National Theatre Live!
Sam Mendes’ acclaimed National Theatre production of Shakespeare’s
King Lear, with Simon Russell Beale in the title role,
will screen as part of the current National Theatre Live
season. The
Shakespearean tragedy releases onto Cinema Nouveau’s digital screens in
Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town and at Ster-Kinekor Blue
Route in Tokai, Cape
Town, from Saturday, 14 June, for four screenings only.
Academy Award® winner Sam Mendes (James Bond: Skyfall, American Beauty) returns to the National Theatre to direct acclaimed actor Simon Russell Beale in the title role of Shakespeare’s searing tragedy.
In
King Lear, an aged king decides to divide his kingdom
between his three daughters – Goneril, Regan and Cordelia – according to
which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite,
Cordelia, says nothing. Lear’s world descends into chaos.
Simon Russell Beale’s recent theatre work for the National includes Timon of Athens (Critics’ Circle Award: Best Shakespearean Performance), Collaborators (Evening Standard Award: Best Actor), London Assurance, Major Barbara, Much Ado About Nothing, The Alchemist and The Life of Galileo; elsewhere, The Hothouse and Privates on Parade (West End), The Winter’s Tale and The Cherry Orchard (New York and Old Vic); and Bluebird (New York). His films include My Week with Marilyn and The Deep Blue Sea; television includes Spooks, Falstaff in the BBC film of Henry IV, and presenting the series Sacred Music and Symphony.
Sam has previously directed The Sea, The Birthday Party, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice and Othello for the National. For ten years he was Director of London’s Donmar Warehouse, where his productions included Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night.
In 2009 he founded the Bridge Project, a transatlantic classical theatre company, and directed
The Winter's Tale, The Cherry Orchard, The Tempest, As You Like It and
Richard III. His films include American Beauty (Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture) and the BAFTA and Academy Award-winning
Skyfall.
The
cast also includes Stephen Boxer (as Gloucester), Cassie Bradley, Tom
Brooke (Edgar), Richard Clothier, Jonathan Dryden Taylor, Kate Fleetwood
(Goneril),
Simon Manyonda, Anna Maxwell Martin (Regan), Daniel Millar, Michael
Nardone, Gary Powell, Adrian Scarborough (Fool), Hannah Stokely, Stanley
Townsend (Kent), Sam Troughton (Edmund), Olivia Vinall (Cordelia) and
Ross Waiton.
King Lear releases on South African screens on Saturday, 14 June, for four screenings only – on 14, 18 and 19 June at 19:30 and on 15 June at 14:30
– at
Cinema Nouveau theatres in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape
Town, and at Ster-Kinekor Blue Route Mall in Tokai. Bookings are now
open, and the running time of this production is 3hrs, 20mins (including
a 20-minute interval).
For booking information on
King Lear, visit www.cinemanouveau.co.za or sterkinekor.mobi,
or call our Ticketline on 082 16789. Follow us on Twitter
@nouveaubuzz. You can also download the
Ster-Kinekor App on any Nokia, Samsung Android, iPhone and Blackberry
smart phones for updates, news and to book from your mobile.
National Theatre Live enables audiences to experience the best of British theatre throughout the year, as the NT brings cameras into the
auditorium to broadcast performances live from stage to screen. Over 2.5 million people have experienced a National Theatre Live broadcast.
National Theatre Live
events are distributed outside the U.K. through New York-based BY
Experience, the pioneer of global live “alternative content” digital
cinema events.
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