King Lear review " Ian McKellen delivers a profound portrait of a soul in torment by Michael Billington

Minerva, ChichesterJonathan Munby's smart, lucid production features plenty of pomp and circumstance, and a superbly detailed performance by McKellenIan McKellen knows his way round Lear. He played Edgar in 1974, Kent in 1990 and the king himself in a 2007 RSC production. He not only brings to the role deep theatrical experience but also takes full advantage, in Jonathan Munby's lucid production, of the intimacy of t…

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