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King Lear (2015)
Directed by Antoni Cimolino
Overview
Fathom Events and BY Experience bring the Stratford Festival’s critically acclaimed performance of King Lear to cinemas for a memorable one-night event. An aging monarch resolves to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, with consequences he little expects. His reason shattered in the storm of violent emotion that ensues, with his very life hanging in the balance, Lear loses everything that has defined him as a king – and thereby discovers the essence of his own humanity.
Length 156 minutes
Actors
Colm Feore | Jonathan Goad | Sara Farb | Maev Beaty | Liisa Repo-Martell | Steven Ouimette | Scott Wentworth | Evan Buliung | Brad Hodder | Michael Blake | Mike Shara | Thomas Olajide | Karl Ang | Derek Moran | Xuan Fraser | Robert King | Josue Laboucane | Gordon S. Miller | Michael Spencer-Davis