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Starring:
James Earl Jones
Douglass Watson
Paul Sorvino
Raul Julia
Rosalind Cash
Studio: New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Filmed: 1974 - Released: 1974
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Following a successful world premiere at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas and a sold-out four-performance run in New York City summer of 2024, Compagnia de' Colombari's KING LEAR will return for its official Off-Broadway run at La MaMa ETC.
Author Richard Engling will launch his new novel The Very Last Production of King Lear at The Book Cellar in Chicago on September 19, 2025 at 7 p.
Polarity Ensemble Books will release the third in a series of novels by Richard Engling celebrating the Chicago storefront theatre scene.
The Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival will return in 2025 to celebrate 25 years of serving Michiana with productions of Shakespeare’s most beloved works.
Actor Michael Blake has passed away.
In Shakespeare’s time, a black flag would be raised over the theatre to indicate a tragedy.
The Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival celebrates 25 years with King Lear, ShakeScenes, and Shakespeare After Hours.
EastLine Theatre will launch its fifth annual free summer tour in the courtyard at South Huntington Public Library this week with Shakespeare's iconic story of family strife King Lear.
Capital Classics Theatre Company announced the complete lineup of activities and entertainment for the two productions that will comprise the 2025 Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival.
The parable about foolish human pride, the delusion of self-importance, the danger of rejection, as well as acceptance of responsibility and decay of a seemingly stable world, cannot perhaps be more poignantly wrought than in Reimann’s opera.
The Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival (PBSF) celebrates its 35th Anniversary of Shakespeare by the Sea with a magical, “snowy” production of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.
The Shakespeare Project of Chicago wraps up its 30th Anniversary Theatrical Reading Season with free performances of Shakespeare's great tragedy King Lear, running June 13 through June 21 at six Chicago-area venues.
Capital Classics Theatre Company has revealed the repertory company of the two productions that will comprise the 2025 Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival.
The Joshua Tree Shakespeare Festival has announced its 2025 production of King Lear, a breathtaking adaptation of Shakespeare's timeless tragedy, performed under the open desert sky at Wind Walkers Medicine Wheel.
The timeless tragedy, King Lear, is set to take center stage at the Resident Ensemble Players (REP) this April.
Capital Classics Theatre Company announced the two titles that will comprise the 2025 Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival:.
Acclaimed actor Kenneth Branagh steps into the formidable shoes of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, in a new production at The Shed NYC.
Dolby Atmos is coming to live theater for the first time ever through a new production of William Shakespeare's King Lear, starring Kenneth Branagh.
The Baron's Men have delivered a haunting and deeply resonant production of Shakespeare's 'King Lear' at the Curtain Theatre, capturing the play's raw emotional depth and complex themes of power, madness, and familial discord.
Kenneth Branagh plays the title role in a new production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, set in the barbarous landscape of Ancient Britain.
Duke City Repertory Theatre announced the return of Bard Crawl this October with an adaptation of KING LEAR by Amelia Ampuero and Joshua Browner.
A plethora of new names have joined the upcoming film adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, including a number that will be familiar to Broadway audiences, such as Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose and Emmy winner Rachel Brosnahan.
Island Shakespeare Festival Gives has released photos of its production of King Lear!
Island Shakespeare Festival will present KING LEAR and THE LUCKY CHANCE outdoors on Whidbey Island through Sept.
Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival’s free, outdoor Shakespeare by the Sea XXXIV and Shakespeare by the Palms IV production of “King Lear' is set for this month.
Compagnia de' Colombari will presens KING LEAR Off-Broadway at La MaMa from July 12-14.
One of the 20th season’s greatest highlights is the world premiere of a raw, primal, and potent “paper crown” KING LEAR that strips the Shakespearian classic to its essence.
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