Poster of Cast and Crew in Great Performances - Season 36 - Episode 5 - King Lear

Great Performances - Season 36 - King Lear (Episode 5)

Plot: 2009 Emmy Nominee Ian McKellen recreates his recent stage performance of Shakespeare's tragic monarch in a special television adaptation. Directed by Trevor Nunn, the telecast includes nearly all the original cast members of the sold-out Royal Shakespeare Company production that premiered in Stratford-Upon-Avon in April 2007
Episode Aired On:
Wednesday, March 25 2009
15 years ago