An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare's "King Lear" with a bold staging in Tehran infused with rock music and a dazzling light show to attract younger audiences. In Iran, ...

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

Opinion: Dr. Miranda Fay Thomas explores the history behind - and relevance of - William Shakespeare's masterpiece King Lear, currently playing at Dublin's Gate Theatre. Filmmaker Francis Ford ...

I knew it had almost nothing to do with Shakespeare’s King Lear through its reputation ... Even the university library’s copy went AWOL a year after I borrowed it. A cursory DVD release from MGM, the ...

But, as James Shapiro explores in his informative and exciting new book, 1606 was a significant, epoch-defining time that formed the background to two of Shakespeare greatest tragedies, King Lear ...

If Godard’s filmography was placed on a spectrum from linear to discombobulated, King Lear (1987), his postmodern interpretation of Shakespeare’s work, would fall somewhere near the middle. In theory, ...

February 2025’s Blu-ray and 4K releases include a long-unavailable experimental take on Shakespeare ... Luc Godard’s heady anti-adaptation of King Lear after the oddball film (which happens ...

Physical media collectors, take note. The Criterion Collection has announced six new Blu-ray releases coming in February 2025, including titles from some of today’s most beloved auteurs and one ...

At two hours with no intermission, this stunning Branagh-helmed and -starring production is, in the best possible way, “King ... Shakespeare experts, pruned the play to this two-hour version ...

Given Kenneth Branagh’s virtually unmatched history as an actor and director of Shakespeare’s plays, on stage and ... on dismay at his production of “King Lear,” a work considered by ...

Is there another Shakespearean role you're hoping to sink your teeth into beyond Lear? One never assumes that anything is predestined. I'm very much focused on playing King Lear, which is quite ...