Edmund tries to reason why being a bastard should not keep him from what he believes to be rightfully his. Preparing for retirement, King Lear decides to split his land evenly amongst his three ...

Preparing for retirement, King ... Lear is cast out of his home and driven to madness. Meanwhile, an elderly nobleman named Gloucester also experiences familial turmoil. His illegitimate son ...

“King Lear” features two storylines. Each relates to the disintegration of the family. The first plot involves Gloucester and his two sons, Edgar and Edmund. Edmund is a bastard, which means ...

King Lear, old and tired ... In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall ...

Visitors to the thrilling, trimmed-down Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company production of King ... Edmund, but the speed of the show means he becomes a genuinely frightening one; the speeded-up Lear ...

Richard Eyre has assembled an unmissable cast to embody his vision for a timeless but deeply resonant screen adaptation of King ... Albany and Karl Johnson (Wittgenstein, Rome) is set to play Lear ...