Ahunim Abebe and Colin Friels in Belvoir Street Theatre’s production of King Lear. Photo by Brett Boardman
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KING LEAR is quite vain + brutal and dark. Royal vanity and the refusal to see the true nature of the deceit, greed and family betrayal by his two daughters, leads to his downfall and exile into the wilderness. After …
According to the preshow interviews Ian McKellen wanted “another crack at Lear” and so he did. This production directed by Jonathan Munby and originating at the 300 seat Chichester Festival Theatre, transferred to the West end with considerable …
Filmed live in London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s extraordinarily moving portrayal of King Lear in cinemas. Chichester Festival Theatre’s production received five-star reviews for its sell-out run.
Jonathan Munby directs this nuanced and powerful contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s …
Academy Award® winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall, American Beauty) returns to the Olivier Theatre’s grand thrust stage at the National Theatre, to direct the two-time Olivier Award winner, Simon Russell Beale (Timon of Athens, Collaborators) in the title role of Shakespeare’s …