Tag: king lear

  • Ran

    Shakespeare’s King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.

  • My Kingdom

    A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand over his criminal empire to his three corrupt and power-hungry daughters. Kath runs a brothel down by the docks, Tracy owns a soccer team and Jo, a former junkie — and prostitute — rejects her inheritance, pitting sisters Kath and…

  • King of Texas

    In this re-imagining of Shakespear’s King Lear, Patrick Stewart stars as John Lear, a Texas cattle baron, who, after dividing his wealth among his three daughters, is rejected by them.

  • King Lear: How We Looked for Love During the War

    Due to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, tens of thousands of Ukrainians, fleeing the war, found refuge in Uzhhorod in western Ukraine. The local director decides to attract non-professional actors -displaced people – in bringing his dream into life – to stage the King Lear play. The theatrical performance helps them find themselves and…

  • King Lear

    An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.