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 ...

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There are presently ten film versions of King Lear on DVD. Each is worthwhile, but each differs from the others, at times considerably. For a first film, one should not choose Orson Wells or Paul ...

In the 15 years Aisle Say has had the privilege to review this professional ensemble, always have the scenic design and costume design been breathtaking. So it was with Riw Rakkulchon’s massive ...

Ian McKellen returns to Shakespeare's tragic monarch in a new Chichester production of 'King Lear' for Brexit Britain that transfers to London's West End. By Demetrios Matheou Unlike King Lear, Ian ...

For nearly 150 years, Shakespeare’s King Lear vanished from the stage and in its place audiences saw a version with a happy ending. Christopher Plummer speaks with theatre historian Tanya Pollard ...

To watch Anthony Hopkins growl and squint and fume his way through this BBC/Amazon production of “King Lear” is to realize the man gets taken for granted. Yes, he’s been knighted, and won an Oscar, ...

Trump’s war on my colleagues and students helped me understand the play’s political caution, which is not just about bad actors but those who fail to stop them. Trump’s war on my colleagues and ...

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Christopher Plummer was nominated but did not win.

SECOND ARTICLE : PLOT AND PERSONAGES. SHAKESPEARE was forty-one years old when he wrote King Lear. Just at the time of life when a well-constituted, healthy man has attained the maturity of his ...

In all the discussion lately about the film maudit (the accomplished work of art that met with critical incomprehension and rejection at the time of its release) and a pair of great Hollywood ...

But Lear is not bluffing. He intends to retire from kingship and divide his kingdom, and he does retire from kingship and ...