Theater
King Lear
By William Shakespeare
Chichester Festival Theatre
Directed by Angus Jackson
A legendary presence on stage and screen, Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated actor Frank Langella takes on King Lear. Betrayed by his daughters and shaken by his own mortality, Shakespeare’s aging patriarch wanders mad, as a kingdom disintegrates in the wake of his divested power. Langella joins forces with Britain’s Olivier Award-winning company Chichester Festival Theatre to present this monumental interpretation of the Bard’s tragedy.
Set design by Robert Innes Hopkins
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Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro and BAM archivist Sharon Lehner explore the vast history of King Lear at BAM, in conjunction with this season’s production with Frank Langella.
Actors, directors, arts administrators, and theater enthusiasts get an inside look at how a play gets mounted at BAM, with special focus on this season’s production of King Lear, featuring Frank Langella.
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Come ye lords and ladies for a royal celebration with a gamesome gala affair fit for a King.
This legendary Tony-winning actor is best known for playing Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon.