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

Stuart Graham as the Earl of Gloucester and Fiona Bell as the Earl of Kent. Roxana Silbert and Stuart Graham joined Sean in studio for RTÉ Arena - listen above. King Lear is at the Gate Theatre ...

Lear (Sir Laurence Olivier) is an aging King who wants to retire by abdicating to his three daughters. However, in an act of petty ego stroking, he asks them who amongst them loves him most.

Set in the fictional present, King Lear sees Academy Award winner Anthony ... takes the role of the Earl of Kent, Emmy Award winner Christopher Eccleston (The Leftovers, Thor: The Dark World ...

Preparing for retirement, King Lear decides to split his land evenly amongst his three daughters - Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Before he bestows these gifts upon his daughters, he gives them a ...