Last month we attended an early red carpet for the BBC’s new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear.
The new adaptation stars Sir Anthony Hopkins, Florence Pugh, Emma Thompson, Emily Watson, Jim Broadbent, Andrew Scott and John Macmillan. It is directed by Richard Eyre, who previously directed the play on TV in 1998.
Blurb time: Set in the fictional present, King Lear sees Academy® Award winner Anthony Hopkins as the eponymous ruler, presiding over a totalitarian military dictatorship in England. Academy® Award and BAFTA® Award winner Emma Thompson stars as his oldest daughter Goneril. Academy® Award nominee and BAFTA® Award winner Emily Watson stars as his middle daughter Regan, and BAFTA® nominee Florence Pugh as Cordelia, the youngest of Lear’s children.
Academy® Award and BAFTA® Award winner Jim Broadbent is the Earl of Gloucester, with BAFTA® Award winner Andrew Scott as his loyal son Edgar and John Macmillan as his illegitimate son Edmund.
The new adaptation stars Sir Anthony Hopkins, Florence Pugh, Emma Thompson, Emily Watson, Jim Broadbent, Andrew Scott and John Macmillan. It is directed by Richard Eyre, who previously directed the play on TV in 1998.
Blurb time: Set in the fictional present, King Lear sees Academy® Award winner Anthony Hopkins as the eponymous ruler, presiding over a totalitarian military dictatorship in England. Academy® Award and BAFTA® Award winner Emma Thompson stars as his oldest daughter Goneril. Academy® Award nominee and BAFTA® Award winner Emily Watson stars as his middle daughter Regan, and BAFTA® nominee Florence Pugh as Cordelia, the youngest of Lear’s children.
Academy® Award and BAFTA® Award winner Jim Broadbent is the Earl of Gloucester, with BAFTA® Award winner Andrew Scott as his loyal son Edgar and John Macmillan as his illegitimate son Edmund.
- 5/23/2018
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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