Jonathan Pryce destroys the stage as a king who destroys everything else first.
Captured live at the Almeida Theatre in November 2012. An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Acting
Pryce's Lear—towering, crumbling, unforgettable.
Direction
Attenborough keeps the storm intimate, the tragedy claustrophobic.
Production
Live capture that breathes; you feel the Almeida's walls tremble.
Director
Michael Attenborough
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This Almeida production stripped Lear to its bones: no massive sets, just Pryce and the text, proving the play needs no royal spectacle to devastate.
Phoebe Fox's Cordelia was her breakthrough—she'd later star in 'The Woman in Black 2,' but here she holds silence like a weapon before her single 'Nothing.'
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