Playground · Television
King Lear
BBC Two · Amazon · 2018
Set in a fictional present, Richard Eyre’s adaptation sees Lear presiding over a totalitarian military dictatorship in England.
Personal and political tensions seethe when the eponymous ruler announces a controversial plan to divide his kingdom between his three daughters. An exceptional cast bring this modern adaptation to life, lending a prescience to the play’s timeless themes of greed, love, power and mortality.
CastAnthony Hopkins · Emma Thompson · Florence Pugh · Emily Watson · Tobias Menzies · Jim Carter · Jim Broadbent · John Macmillan · Andrew Scott · Christopher Eccleston
Directed byRichard Eyre
Written byRichard Eyre
Based onthe play by William Shakespeare
Executive ProducersColin Callender · Sonia Friedman · Fergus Haycock · Scott Huff · Laura Macara · Jim reeve · Lucy Richer
Produced byPlayground Entertainment · Sonia Friedman Productions