National Theatre Live KING LEAR

Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a king, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends. Jonathon Munby directs Ian McKellan in this nuanced and powerful contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s tender, violent, moving and shocking play. [2023, UK, 227 min] Venue: Rehoboth Beach Film Society.