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

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.

King Lear, his Fool and his army have taken up home at Goneril's estate. Goneril is fed up with all the antics that have taken place. Preparing for retirement, King Lear decides to split his land ...

A stage-to-screen film of King Lear, filmed in the round in Manchester. A brutal portrait of a man unravelling - pitted against his daughters, nature and the universe itself. Show more A stage-to ...