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Perhaps Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, King Lear is the story of an aging king, who, in demanding a show of devotion from his three daughters, leaves his kingdom divided, his family destroyed, the faithful banished and the hateful left to wreak inhuman havoc in the realm. Setting: Britain. The near future. A kingdom on the precipice.
Sep 27, 2018 · National Theatre Live: King Lear: Directed by Jonathan Munby, Ross MacGibbon. With Ian McKellen, Sinéad Cusack, Danny Webb, Kirsty Bushell. Two aging fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them.
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Jul 25, 2018 · Royal Shakespeare Company: King Lear: Directed by Gregory Doran. With Romayne Andrews, Antony Byrne, Eke Chukwu, James Clyde. King Lear divides his kingdom among his children, but misjudges their loyalty.
Real and imagined worlds coalesce, creating a political and personal horror that threatens to swallow the mind of the monarch. The incomparable Patrick Page ( Hadestown, The Gilded Age) returns to STC as the once-revered king caught in an emotional hurricane ravaging his home, head, and heart. By William Shakespeare. Directed by Simon Godwin.
King Lear. Watch Ian McKellen on stage in Shakespeare's play King Lear with National Theatre at Home. Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, Ian McKellen is King Lear in Shakespeare’s tender, violent, moving and shocking play. King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier –reject the children who ...
Jan 26, 1984 · King Lear: Directed by Michael Elliott. With Colin Blakely, Leo McKern, Robert Lindsay, Laurence Olivier. Aging King Lear invites disaster when he abdicates to his two disloyal and obsequious daughters while rejecting the one who truly loves him.
