Jacobi To Return To King Lear Tour After Losing His Voice
28th February 2011
Veteran actor SIR DEREK JACOBI will resume his U.K. tour of KING LEAR in Belfast, Northern Ireland after he was...
New James Bond Given Release Date Confirmation
12th January 2011
James Bond is to return to movie screens next year.Daniel Craig will reprise his role as the suave British spy...
Jacobi's King Lear Hit By Blackout
4th January 2011
Veteran actor SIR DEREK JACOBI's performance in a London production of KING LEAR was cut short on Monday (03Jan11) when...
Andrew Garfield's Spider-man Concerns
8th November 2010
Andrew Garfield is worried he will look like an "English fool" in the upcoming 'Spider-Man' movie.The 27-year-old actor - who...
Fascinating Fact 8829
11th February 2010
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO actor OMAR SHARIF is to star in a modern-day version of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE's KING LEAR, set in Egypt.
King Lear Cancelled
26th February 2009
A Hollywood adaptation of Shakespearean tragedy KING LEAR has been cancelled after reportedly falling victim to the current global economic...
Pacino Is Crowned King Lear
4th February 2009
Hollywood legend AL PACINO is joining forces with filmmaker MICHAEL RADFORD for their second shot at Shakespeare - the pair...
No Mckellen Nude Scene For Tv's King Lear
8th January 2009
SIR IAN MCKELLEN's full frontal nude scene in a stage production of KING LEAR has been cut from a U.S....
Hopkins Confirmed As Lear
21st June 2008
SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS has been confirmed as the latest actor to play KING LEAR in a big screen adaptation of...
Fascinating Fact 5337
20th May 2008
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY is to team up with GYWNETH PALTROW to play the daughters of KING LEAR in a new movie...
The Things They Say 5927
22nd October 2007
"I accept that if I ever play KING LEAR, the headlines will read 'FRASIER DOES LEAR'. But it would be...
The Things They Say 5849
15th October 2007
"There's a good argument for not doing it - it's distracting. How can an audience not look at genitalia on...
King Lear Tickets Go For Big Bucks In Los Angeles
15th October 2007
LORD OF THE RINGS star SIR IAN MCKELLEN's theatrical turn as SHAKESPEARE's KING LEAR in a new production headed for...
Mckellen Feared King Lear Would Turn Him Mad
19th September 2007
LORD OF THE RINGS star SIR IAN MCKELLEN fought against playing tragic SHAKESPEARE character KING LEAR onstage - because he...
Stubbs Defends Husband
3rd June 2007
British actress IMOGEN STUBBS has leaped to the defence of her director husband SIR TREVOR NUNN after critics panned him...
Mckellen's Co-star Injured
4th April 2007
Critics will have to wait even longer to review SIR IAN MCKELLEN's performance in the theatre production of KING LEAR,...
Mckellen Strips Onstage
26th March 2007
Veteran actor SIR IAN MCKELLEN shocked theatregoers when he stripped completely naked midway through a new production of KING LEAR....
Kline Replaces Walken In Mother Courage Play
14th July 2006
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN has been forced to pull out of a theatrical reunion with his THE DEER HUNTER co-star MERYL STREEP...
Allen Angered Cox On Match Point Set
25th January 2006
Film-maker WOODY ALLEN upset BRIAN COX on the set of his recent movie MATCH POINT, by telling the veteran actor...
Hopkins To Quit After Shakespeare Role
13th January 2006
Welsh actor SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS plans to quit acting after starring in WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE's tragedy KING LEAR. Hopkins has...
Hopkins Slams British Theatre
5th December 2005
SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS has launched a scathing attack on British theatre's "pomposity and arrogance" - and he insists he will...
Beethoven Ninth Goes For A Song
22nd May 2003
The manuscript for LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN's NINTH SYMPHONY has been sold for $3.15 million (GBP2.1 million). Described as...
