26 May 2006
2:37
At 2:37, someone commits suicide in the school lavatory. The day is told up to that point from the viewpoint of six different students.
King Lear
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Top Billed Cast
Anthony Hopkins Lear
Emma Thompson Goneril
Emily Watson Regan
Jim Broadbent Earl of Gloucester
Florence Pugh Cordelia
Jim Carter Earl of Kent
Andrew Scott Edgar
John Macmillan Edmund
Tobias Menzies Duke of Cornwall
Anthony Calf Duke of Albany
Karl Johnson Fool
Christopher Eccleston Oswald
John Standing Butler
Simon Manyonda Duke of Burgundy
Chukwudi Iwuji King of France
Samuel Valentine Lear's Gentleman
Arinzé Kene Lieutenant
Sharon Wattis 1st Maid
Kaye Brown 2nd Maid
Raphael Desprez French Officer
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