National Theatre Live in HD: King Lear"
“Ian McKellen's detailed, intelligent performance is a triumph” (Evening Standard) in Shakespeare’s tender tragedy. Live in HD
Location
Visual Arts Center 104 Loew Auditorium
Sponsored by
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Audience
Public
“Ian McKellen's detailed, intelligent performance is a triumph” (Evening Standard) in this contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s tender tragedy about two aging fathers—one a King (McKellen), one his courtier—who 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. Runtime: 3h40m
“In the wraparound intimacy of this space, McKellen is able to heighten the intensity of what Lear says through colloquial understatement and a playing-around with the beat and tempo of the verse that gives an almost jazz-like freedom and unpredictability to the king’s utterances.” —The Independent
Location
Visual Arts Center 104 Loew Auditorium
Sponsored by
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Audience
Public