Resident Ensemble Players’ King Lear is not a safe, reverential staging—it is a bold, bracing confrontation with one of ...

This spectacular film version of the award-winning Royal National Theatre production of King Lear stars the immensely celebrated actor Ian Holm. Critics used every superlative imaginable to ...

The first half of the show, before intermission, was highly entertaining. We were introduced to King Lear (Tommy Liddy) and ...

In an ancient Britain bound by loyalty to the clan and the power of the sword, King Lear decides to give up his crown. As he divides the kingdom between his daughters, family ties disintegrate ...

Set in the fictional present, King Lear sees Academy Award winner Anthony ... BAFTA Award winner Andrew Scott (Sherlock, The Hollow Crown) as his loyal son Edgar and John Macmillan (Hanna, Chewing ...

The summer portion of the season will kick off with Shakespeare's romance "The Tempest" July 3-20, followed by the the Bard's tragic masterpiece "King Lear" July 31-Aug. 17. Both plays will be ...

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