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Watch two extracts from Act 1 Scene 2 in Trevor Nunn's 2007 production of King Lear, filmed on stage in the Courtyard Theatre.

His plotting now well underway, Edmund (Philip Winchester) tells Edgar (Ben Meyjes) that Gloucester is angry. The scene ends with Edmund's smug soliloguy.

Watch an extract from Act 1 Scene 4 in David Farr's 2010 production of King Lear, filmed on stage in the Courtyard Theatre.

Lear (Greg Hicks) is angry that his daughter Goneril (Kelly Hunter) has ordered him to send away half of his 100 servants.

Watch an extract from Act 1 Scene 5 in Trevor Nunn's 2007 production of King Lear, filmed on stage in the Courtyard Theatre.

The Fool (Sylvester McCoy) reminds Lear (Ian McKellen) about how foolish he was to banish Cordelia and favour his other daughters, Goneril and Regan.

Watch an extract from Act 1 Scene 4 in David Farr's 2010 production of King Lear, filmed on stage in the Courtyard Theatre.

Even though he hasn't yet heard about what happened to Gloucester, Albany (John Mackay) criticises his wife Goneril (Kelly Hunter) for her treatment of her father.

Watch an extract from Act 5 Scene 3 in David Farr's 2010 production of King Lear, filmed on stage in the Courtyard Theatre.

Lear enters carrying his daughter Cordelia. He looks for signs of life and grieves over her body.