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Theatre review: King Lear / Courtyard, Stratford-upon-Avon by Michael Billington

Courtyard, Stratford-upon-AvonIt is no exaggeration to say that this King Lear is long-awaited. Critics, in fact, have been waiting impatiently for nine weeks to get a glimpse of a production that has been playing to a paying public. But, however absurd the delay, I can report that Ian McKellen is a majestic, moving Lear and that Trevor Nunn's production, while nothing like as radical as Brook's or Hytner's, is large…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54PM on July 26, 2018

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