Theater
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Sat, May 31, 2014
- 12PM
LOCATION:
RUN TIME: 3hrs 30min
GENERAL ADMISSION:
$25; $23 for Friends of BAM and BAM Cinema Club
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May 2014
Saturday May 31, 2014
Performances no longer available.
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Part of
National Theatre Live 2013—14
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Sam Mendes
This screening was recorded from an earlier live
performance.
An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three
daughters, according to which is most eloquent in praising him. His
favorite, Cordelia, says nothing. Lear’s world descends into
chaos.
Academy Award winner Sam Mendes (The Bridge Project, BAM
2009—2013) returns to the National Theatre to direct Simon Russell
Beale (Timon of Athens, Collaborators) in the title role
of Shakespeare’s tragedy.