Great Performances · SEASON 36

King Lear

Episode 5 · 2009-03-25

★ 3.5
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Season 36Episode 5★ 3.5/10
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Episode overview

2009 Emmy Nominee Ian McKellen recreates his recent stage performance of Shakespeare's tragic monarch in a special television adaptation. Directed by Trevor Nunn, the telecast includes nearly all the original cast members of the sold-out Royal Shakespeare Company production that premiered in Stratford-Upon-Avon in April 2007.

Season 36 episodes

1. Pavarotti: A Life in Seven Arias2008-09-10 2. Hitman: David Foster & Friends2008-11-29 3. Domingo, Netrebko & Villazón: Three Stars in Vienna2008-12-05 4. Cyrano de Bergerac2009-01-07 5. King Lear2009-03-25 6. Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood: Live From Madison Square Garden2009-05-28 7. Stevie Wonder: Live at Last2009-06-01 8. Chess in Concert2009-06-17 9. Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Celebration: Live from Madison Square Garden2009-07-30 10. Episode 102005-11-27 11. Episode 112005-11-30 12. Episode 122005-12-21