King Lear decides to give up his crown. As he divides the kingdom between his daughters, family ties disintegrate, order disappears and the land slides into chaos. Award-winning actor Don ...

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.

renowned for his portrayal of King Lear. Sir has been losing his faculties for some time – Norman describes Sir’s decline as tottering between chaos and confusion – and the action takes ...

This fresh adaptation of King Lear, Shakespeare's tragic tale ... the ensemble added urgency and tension to each scene, enhancing the chaos in Lear's kingdom. The ensemble amplified crucial ...

KING LEAR, Shakespeare's masterpiece, is one of the towering works of world literature. In no other play is Shakespeare's tragic vision more terrifyingly clear-and nowhere in his canon does he ...

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 ...