Sheffield Theatres announced the full acting company for its autumn Shakespeare season, with Ian McDiarmid leading KING LEAR ...

A beautifully observed version of a man’s final act, along with a lively staging of “As You Like It,” engage the surrounding ...

A decade ago, the late Glenda Jackson played a remarkable re-gendered King Lear at London’s Old Vic. In 2022, Kathryn Hunter did similarly at Shakespeare’s Globe. This summer, 400 miles north in the ...

In a notable instance of one behemoth assessing another, the director Peter Brook once called King Lear “a mountain whose summit has never been reached, the way up strewn with the shattered bodies of ...

Kenneth Branagh and Jessica Revell as Lear and Cordelia. Photo: Marc J. Franklin/Courtesy The Shed Kenneth Branagh and Jessica Revell as Lear and Cordelia. Photo: Marc J. Franklin/Courtesy The Shed ...

Running under two hours, Amazon's version of William Shakespeare's 'King Lear' is oddly thin and brisk, but you can't go wrong watching Anthony Hopkins as Lear. By Daniel Fienberg It’s been over 20 ...

As an old ruler is struggling with his grip on reality, his most trusted advisors and beloved children turn on him — and battle it out for ultimate power. Sound familiar? That’s because it’s William ...

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. While two ...

Patrick Page in King Lear — Photo: DJ Corey READ THIS REVIEW IN THE MAGAZINE Given the dark nights of COVID, it’s hard not to celebrate the STC’s march back to normalcy with a thrice-extended run of ...

King Lear Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Emily Watson, Emma Thompson, Florence Pugh, Jim Broadbent, Andrew Scott Director: Richard Eyre The Pitch: In the fictional present, the 80-year-old King Lear (Hopkins) ...