all famous for their portrayals of Lear, used Tate’s version. In 1820, a few years before the death of King George III, it was felt that the situation of Shakespeare's mad monarch may have been ...

Fortunately for Berlioz, the Symphony’s program on Friday, Jan. 24, had room enough for both that “new” piece — the composer’s “King Lear” Overture from 1831, which the orchestra was ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...