T he first 90 minutes of this exceptionally stylish King Lear at the Almeida contain some of the best moments of Shakespeare I’ve seen on the London stage, while the final 90 minutes are some of ...

Towards the turn of the millennium, Conleth Hill, then a theatre actor in his mid-30s, found himself at a juncture. After a ...

David Haig’s Lear throws the most ferocious wobbly after his youngest daughter refuses to fawn at his bidding. He repeatedly thrashes a table covered in glasses — knocking off some and ...

King Lear (2018) is a British American drama film written and directed by Richard Eyre. Set in a militarized 21st-century London, an aging King leaves his throne. He divides his kingdom among his ...

King Lear and Macbeth, if not beyond them – is The Tragedy of King Richard the Second. The Eagle and the Hart by Helen Castor ...

Shakespeare's works were far from sacrosanct. Here’s a popular adaptation of King Lear where almost everyone, except for the real 'baddies', lives happily ever after. Loved by spectators ...

A stage-to-screen film of King Lear, filmed in the round in Manchester. A brutal portrait of a man unravelling - pitted against his daughters, nature and the universe itself. Show more A stage-to ...

Or when a patriarch succumbs to flattery over a more difficult truth? Shakespeare asks these questions and more in King Lear, his study of political vacuums and family dynamics. The ageing King ...

Lear (Sir Laurence Olivier) is an aging King who wants to retire by abdicating to his three daughters. However, in an act of petty ego stroking, he asks them who amongst them loves him most.

Preparing for retirement, King Lear decides to split his land evenly amongst his three daughters - Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Before he bestows these gifts upon his daughters, he gives them a ...