NT Live in HD: King Lear
sáb, 23 jul
|The Lensic
Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear (Ian McKellen) sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them.
Time & Location
23 jul 2022, 19:00
The Lensic, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
about this event
Face masks and proof of vaccination—or proof of recent negative Covid test—are required at this event. See lensic.org/safe-access details.
★★★★★ ‘Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production.’ — Daily Telegraph
Captured live from London’s West End in 2018, see Ian McKellen’s ‘extraordinarily moving portrayal’ (Independent) of King Lear in cinemas.
Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.
Jonathan Munby directs this ‘nuanced and powerful’ (The Times) contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s tender, violent, moving and shocking play.