King Lear

It is presumed that around 1604, in between two acclaimed tragedies known as Othello and Macbeth, Shakespeare wrote the unrelentingly brilliant King Lear. “It is hard, almost impossible to imagine a time when McKellen won’t lead a production” Jonathan Munby’s adaption of the play, starring Ian McKellen, currently being...

Many of Shakespeare’s most renowned plays focus on the male characters at the centre of the narrative; we only have to look at titles such as Othello, Hamlet and Macbeth to understand that the men in these plays are the top dogs. This may be due to the illegality...

It would be wrong to dismiss tonight’s cast as a ‘great stage of fools’, as I think nerves were partially to blame for the many blundered lines in tonight’s opening performance of King Lear. It would equally be wrong for me to not address the fluffed lines in my...

The final show of the Nottingham New Theatre’s autumn season is upon us, so Impact Arts returns for the last time this term to talk to Gus Herbert and Matt Standen, director and producer of Shakespeare’s King Lear. Firstly, can you describe the plot of ‘King Lear’ for those...