King Lear, Shakespeare’s epic tragedy ... moments across the country as we follow the ‘explosion’ in the performance of The Bard’s plays, from his own lifetime to recent times.

Joe Meagher is a regal and haughty Lear, who manages to fill in as Gloucester in the famous blinding scene. The clever use of ...

Harrison Ford has received high praise for his turn as Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross in Captain America: Brave New World, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Ballycastle’s award-winning actor Conleth Hill is preparing to tackle one of the greatest challenges in world theatre, the towering role of King Lear. The self-effacing star who won millions of ...

‘King Lear’, Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy about ... Dutt revealed that the decision to weave Shakespeare into his final ...