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King Lear - NT Live
by William Shakespeare
Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 3:00PM

James Bridges Theater
235 Charles E Young Dr.
Melnitz Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Conveniently located on the northern edge of UCLA campus in Melnitz Hall, just off Sunset (at Hilgard) Parking in lot #3, steps from the theater! Listening devices and ADA seating available. Please call our box office for accesibility info.



★★★★★ ‘Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production.’ (Daily Telegraph)

Broadcast live from London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s ‘extraordinarily moving portrayal’ (Independent) of King Lear in cinemas.

Chichester Festival Theatre’s production received five-star reviews for its sell-out run, and transfers to the West End for a limited season. Jonathan Munby directs this ‘nuanced and powerful’ (The Times) contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s tender, violent, moving and shocking play.

Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.

3 hours 40 minutes including a 20 minute intermission