- Drama, TV Movie
- 109 min
- R
Rotten Tomatoes100%IMDb6.7
One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen.
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Classical in form, intimate, earnest and prestige.
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Ian McKellenNorman
- Anthony HopkinsSir
- Emily WatsonHer Ladyship
- Vanessa KirbyIrene
- Sarah LancashireMadge
- Edward FoxThornton
- Tom BrookeOxenby/Edmond
- Matthew CottleAlbany
- Ian ConninghamKent
- Helen BradburyRegan
Crew
- Richard EyreDirector
- Ronald HarwoodWriter
- Ben SmithardDirector of Photography
- Stephen WarbeckOriginal Music Composer
- Lesley WalkerEditor
- Suzan HarrisonProducer
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