Those with more varied King Lear experience will enjoy the little ... and Jim Carter’s impeccable readings as Gloucester and Kent, while Christopher Eccleston makes for an unexpectedly memorable ...

To name a few: Shirine Babb’s Kent and Michael Milligan’s ... And of course, centrally and captivatingly, Page’s Lear allows you to see the king’s decline, from arrogant entitlement ...

The question on everyone’s lips in Los Angeles: “Is the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘King Lear’ worth it ... for a youth audience, while Kent (Jonathan Hyde) and Gloucester ...

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Christopher Plummer was nominated but did not win.

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The very first sentence, Kent’s speech, “ I thought the king had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall,” shows us that Lear had the gift to know men, as the subsequent conduct of ...

We are blessed with eleven film versions of King Lear (including the announced release ... and Jonathan Hyde as Kent sparkle. Each of this sextet, under the direction of Nunn no doubt, develop ...