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 ...

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

Toward the end of a fairly standard-issue family drama — the usual story about adult children reuniting in the family home — “His ... three sisters — just ask Shakespeare (“King Lear ...

Fun and irreverent, Andy Stanton’s retelling of King Lear centres on Lear and ... children could play the talk show host, Lear and his three daughters, who should be invited on to the show ...

Dr. Miranda Fay Thomas explores the history behind William Shakespeare's masterpiece King Lear, currently playing at Dublin's ...

In "King Lear," a tragic story of pride, brutality, blindness and betrayal, King Lear pits his three daughters against each other before they can receive their inheritances. This sets the stage for ...

The Bristol Shakespeare Society craft a frighteningly powerful and visually immersive performance of King Lear, serving a ...

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 ...