The tragedy of King Lear is an abbreviated encyclopaedia of human behaviour. The highest and lowest passions, the brightest passions of love and the darkest passions of selfishness, all our hopes and all our fears, our greatest dreams and our worst nightmares. All aspects of human behaviour are reflected in the micro-cosmos Shakespeare created in what many consider to be his most brilliant work.

Shakespeare had the ability to inherit and anticipate everything, and in King Lear he did so more brilliantly than in any other of his works, offering a collection of extraordinary characters and some of the best scenes ever written for theatre: the division of the kingdom, the storm, the mock trail of the King’s cruel daughters, Gloucester’s jump off the cliff, the reunion between Lear and Cordelia…

The National Drama Centre, with the unparalleled level of artistic quality that characterises it, provides us a new opportunity to enjoy one of the immortal plays of universal theatre, offering us a version by Juan Mayorga, one of today’s most prestigious theatre playwrights, under the direction of Gerardo Vera, and a superb cast of actors, which will guarantee an unforgettable night of the best theatre.