King Lear
A brief note before I resume my studying (the big exam's in 11 hours!) because I just found out about this and must share.
This Wednesday, PBS will air the Royal Shakespeare Company's most recent production of King Lear starring Ian McKellen. Here's what the PBS website has to say:
Ian McKellen has been praised as the Olivier of our age. But for the many Shakespearean roles he has taken on stage, we only have three previous Shakespearean plays with him in film-Macbeth with Judi Dench (1979), Othello in which he plays Iago (1990), and Richard III (1995). He will be 70 in May; this may be his last Shakespeare film. It is silly to say it was worth the wait; we would certainly wish for his Hamlet, Malvolio, Romeo, Anthony, Henry V on film. But his performance here of King Lear is immensely satisfying and at times magical. His supporting cast is no less worthy-pay attention to Edmund’s opening soliloquy, Edgar’s staged madness, and Goneril’s emerging perfidy. Any film of King Lear that works is a great film. It is an experience, a sense of wonder and awe, not to be missed.
I think it's supposed to start at 8 PM and I'm totally psyched about it. Ian McKellen is amazing. King Lear is amazing. And the RSC is AMAZING! Should be one amazing night.
This Wednesday, PBS will air the Royal Shakespeare Company's most recent production of King Lear starring Ian McKellen. Here's what the PBS website has to say:
Ian McKellen has been praised as the Olivier of our age. But for the many Shakespearean roles he has taken on stage, we only have three previous Shakespearean plays with him in film-Macbeth with Judi Dench (1979), Othello in which he plays Iago (1990), and Richard III (1995). He will be 70 in May; this may be his last Shakespeare film. It is silly to say it was worth the wait; we would certainly wish for his Hamlet, Malvolio, Romeo, Anthony, Henry V on film. But his performance here of King Lear is immensely satisfying and at times magical. His supporting cast is no less worthy-pay attention to Edmund’s opening soliloquy, Edgar’s staged madness, and Goneril’s emerging perfidy. Any film of King Lear that works is a great film. It is an experience, a sense of wonder and awe, not to be missed.
I think it's supposed to start at 8 PM and I'm totally psyched about it. Ian McKellen is amazing. King Lear is amazing. And the RSC is AMAZING! Should be one amazing night.