Ben Meyjes, Frances Barber, Ian McKellen
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 21, 2009
Stats: 14 reviews
I feel like this adaptation skims through the first quarter of the play and doesn't really get good until about the halfway mark when Ian McKellen really gets great.
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