“King Lear” features two storylines ... With no money, she’s forced to marry the first man who will take her and moves to France. In these family dramas, the parents are unfair, even ...

Hearing this, Lear disinherits Cordelia and the King of France marries her. Lear's remaining daughters, Goneril and Regan also begin to rebel, and eventually Lear is cast out of his home and ...

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.

Shakespeare's works were far from sacrosanct. Here’s a popular adaptation of King Lear where almost everyone, except for the real 'baddies', lives happily ever after. Loved by spectators ...

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 ...