This full text version of King Lear is divided into 40 short scenes or scene segments. Each segment includes the corresponding clip from the Ian McKellen film. Any scene or segment may be linked ...

Ian McKellen says his on-stage “King Lear” nude scene is discreetly avoided in the upcoming public television version of the play. A public TV executive said Wednesday at a meeting of the ...

The Fool’s sardonic mockery is not unlike Cordelia’s outspokenness, but while the king is amused by one, he brays with indignation at the other. In the opening scene at court, when Lear ...

Pascal’s excitement temporarily halts this Tuesday dress rehearsal for a new Broadway production of “King Lear,” as he accepts congratulations and high-fives from cast and crew alike.

An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare's "King Lear" with a bold staging in Tehran infused with ...

The scenes on the stormy heath ... Santiago’s commanding Cordelia disappears for a long stretch of “King Lear”: She returns toward the end of the play, to try to save her father’s kingdom ...

On impulse, I picked up my old college copy of “King Lear” and looked through it for the scene of Lear raving at the storm. “King Lear” is about lots of things—power, family, helplessness.

But the king, accompanied by his jester (also ... most of these characters are dead by the final scene. Each new production of “Lear” offers its own take on whether the play’s tragedy ...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - Ian McKellen said he's fine that the full-frontal nude scene he played on stage as King Lear is missing from an upcoming public TV version. An actor who takes his clothes ...

For its sheer sense of history, nothing quite compares in London theater this year to Jackson taking on King Lear. One of Britain ... Along with the display of scene numbers, these have a ...

Pascal’s excitement temporarily halts this Tuesday dress rehearsal for a new Broadway production of “King Lear,” as he accepts congratulations and high-fives from cast and crew alike.

Ian McKellen said he's fine that the full-frontal nude scene he played on stage as King Lear is missing from an upcoming public TV version. An actor who takes his clothes off can divert an ...