Great Performances

Season 36 Episode 5: King Lear

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.

Genre:

Comedy, Documentary, Drama

Seasons:

52

Episodes:

712

Actor:

Bray Poor

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1971

IMDb:

6.1