Ian McKellen as King Lear and Danny Webb as Gloucester Sir Ian McKellen's performance as King Lear has been described as "spellbinding" and "magnificent" as the production opens in the West End.

Timothy West, the actor and director, who has died aged 90, was, until about 10 years ago, best known for the range of his ...

Sir Ian McKellen has been taken to hospital after ... Macbeth, Coriolanus, and King Lear. His many acting credits have led to ...

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Sir Ian McKellen and cast at the curtain call during ... Coriolanus, Iago, Richard III, King Lear and Macbeth. He is also set to star as Hamlet, in a new film adaptation directed by Sean Mathias.

A stage-to-screen film of King Lear, filmed in the round in Manchester. A brutal portrait of a man unravelling - pitted against his daughters, nature and the universe itself. Show more A stage-to ...

One of the best examples of this approach is the 1995 version of Richard III, which starred Ian McKellen ... reigning king during a time of civil war in 1930s England, Richard (McKellen) plans ...

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