KING LEAR


“King Lear is a marvel… Anthony Hopkins is devastating"
New York Magazine

”One of the best casts imaginable”
The Hollywood Reporter

”Director Richard Eyre’s new adaptation is sumptuous to behold”
TV Guide

Set in the fictional present and starring Anthony Hopkins, the 80 year-old King Lear divides his kingdom among his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia, according to their affection for him. When his youngest daughter, Cordelia, refuses to flatter him, hurt and angry Lear banishes her. With that fateful decision, family and state collapse into chaos and warfare.

Directed by Sir Richard Eyre. Starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Emily Watson, Florence Pugh, Jim Broadbent, Andrew Scott and John Macmillan.

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