RSC Live: King Lear

King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake
him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his
days without the burden of power.

A proud man, he allows vanity to cloud his judgment, believing that he can
relinquish the crown, but enjoy the same authority and respect he has
always known. Misjudging his children’s loyalty he soon finds himself
stripped of all the trappings of state, wealth and power he had taken for
granted.

Alone in the wilderness he is left to confront the mistakes of a life that
has brought him to this point.

Following his performance as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s great 20th
century American tragedy Death of a Salesman, Sher returns to play King Lear, one of the greatest parts written by Shakespeare.

‘Sher is magnificent’
INDEPENDENT
★★★★