Tragedy in Steel II, A: Shakespeare’s King Lear (2018 Audio)

Heavy metal album by the German band Rebellion telling the story of King Lear in song with parts of the dialogue also spoken. The album is made up of 12 tracks, all in English. Rebellion is made up of: Tomi...

Succession (2018 Television)

Director

Mark Mylod

American satirical drama series by Jesse Armstrong that alludes to many of Shakespeare’s plays and the main premise of which (a patriarch at war with his own children over their inheritance) was directly...

"World in Empire", The (2017 Audio)

aka: How King Lear Inspired ‘Empire’

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul

Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. How the Fox TV television series ‘Empire’ was influenced by King Lear in the story of an ageing ruler - in this case the head of a hip-hop music dynasty - who...

King Lear (2017 Video)

Director

Gregory Doran

Live video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2016 production of King Lear directed by Gregory Doran with Antony Sher in the title role.

King Lear (2017 Audio)

Director

Barnaby Edwards

Producer

David Richardson

In ancient Britain, the elderly King Lear plans for the future of his estate by putting his three daughters to the test. By indulging his vanity, the King delivers a terrible injustice that wrecks havoc on...

Shakespeare Film Series Returns the Old Globe (2017)

Barry Edelstein, Artistic Director of The Old Globe, discusses the theatre’s film series featuring the work of four filmmakers: Julie Taymor, Peter Brook, Al Pacino and Baz Luhrmann.

"Th’ Untented Woundings of a Father’s Curse" (2017 Audio)

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul

Edward St. Aubyn discusses his new novel "Dunbar" which casts King Lear as a media mogul.

King Lear (2017)

Director

Alexander Barnett

A low budget feature-film adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy starring Alexander Barnett, who also directed and edited the film. Also available in a version edited into 15 episodes.

Shakespeare Republic: Edmund (2017 Video)

aka: Shakespeare Republic: Season 2 Episode 2

Series

Shakespeare Repuplic

Director

Sally McLean

Producer

Sally McLean; Billy Smedley

Played by Falon Ryan, Edmund is plagued by notions of legitimacy as she tries to establish her place in the world.

Roger Allam (2016 Video)

Series

Shakespeare Solos

Director

Dan Susman

Leading actors perform some of Shakespeare’s greatest speeches in a video series to mark the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death. Roger Allam speaks the ‘blow, winds, and crack your cheeks’...