Fathom Events and BY Experience bring the Stratford Festival’s critically acclaimed performance of King Lear to cinemas for a memorable one-night event. An aging monarch resolves to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, with consequences he little expects. His reason shattered in the storm of violent emotion that ensues, with his very life hanging in the balance, Lear loses everything that has defined him as a king – and thereby discovers the essence of his own humanity.

An aging king splits up his kingdom for his three daughters to govern, but is misled about their affections and driven into exile.

An aging king splits up his kingdom for his three daughters to govern, but is misled about their affections and driven into exile.

The film starts with the veteran thespian Harish Mishra, he is gravely ill. The punishments of a film shoot have left the old man in a coma. His co-star, Shabnam, is wracked with worry, but their director, Siddharth, keeps strangely distant and refuses to visit his ailing star. In flashbacks, their story emerges.

这部作品于2009年4月12日在德国Berliner Ensemble首演，时值莎士比亚《十四行诗》出版400周年之际。 　　罗伯特·威尔逊（Robert Wilson）执导的《莎士比亚十四行诗》(Shakespeare’s Sonnets)是绝妙的浪漫诗，难以用语言去概括。这些十四行诗被戏剧大师Jutta Ferbers挑选出来，他巧妙地改编了这些原本无意用于戏剧的迷人诗歌，用表演、朗诵、歌唱的方式表达出来；而Rufus Wainwright的作曲，混合了中世纪德国明尼苏达、古典、流行和卡巴莱摇滚的曲风，完美贴合了舞台的其他表现形式。莎士比亚比以往任何时候都更现代、更有活力。 　　在这部作品中，威尔逊充分开掘了莎士比亚154首十四行诗中所蕴含的颠覆传统的性别观，在男性和女性的欲望对象之间游移不定。几个典型的人物出现了：从男孩到傻瓜，从丘比特到神秘的黑女人，从英国女王到莎士比亚本人……威尔逊标志性的对时间、光线和肢体形态的塑造，与作曲家的时而浪漫、时而令人不安的配乐相融合，将观众带入一个悬浮在时空中的梦幻彼岸。

How do we enter the heightened, extravagant language of Shakespeare and yet feel truthful in our contemporary world? How do performers excite the audience with Shakespeare's rich imagery and dynamic rhythm, yet make it real for the twenty-first century? We assume that a sophisticated intellectual background is required to grapple with Shakespeare. But there is a much deeper, almost primal response as available to inner-city students as to their counterparts in the private school to the sound and rhythm in Shakespeare's language which arouses our emotions: feelings of anger and sorrow, of passion and laughter. This landmark five-part video series gives voice to Shakespeare's most beloved and widely known speeches and sonnets, performed by a powerhouse ensemble of American and British actors, as they delve into the structure, meaning and power of Shakespeare's language.

Four of Shakespeare's plays are dramatically relocated to the modern day.

Major film and television stars re-enact famous scenes from the plays of William Shakespeare .

A fairly typical sorority skin flick told through Shakespeare's words.

When the Wright family moves into their new home, Russel is surprised to find a secret passage under his bed. This passage leads him and his dog Gus to the world of Under, where he discovers he is the new King and that Gus can talk! Russel and Gus quickly befriend the people and creatures of this mysterious land. Bob Wire and his evil team are continually conspiring to steal Russel's crown and become all-powerful rulers of the land.