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Season 36 · Episode 5 ·
King Lear
2009 Emmy Nominee Ian McKellen recreates his recent stage performance of Shakespeare's tragic monarch in a special television adaptation. Directed by Trevor Nunn, the telecast includes nearly all the original cast members of the sold-out Royal Shakespeare Company production that premiered in Stratford-Upon-Avon in April 2007.
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Episode 5 of season 36 of Great Performances: “King Lear”. Aired 2009-03-25. Watch it online free on ZapFlix.