May 24, 2014, Saturday - National Theatre Live: King Lear at St. Anthony Main Theatre
Time: 1:00pm
Location: St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 Main Street SE
Academy Award® winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall, American Beauty) returns to the National Theatre to direct Simon Russell Beale (Timon of Athens, Collaborators) in the title role of Shakespeare’s tragedy.
An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. Lear’s world descends into chaos.
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