Sifting through some blog posts I had been saving to share with Man In Chair readers, I was reminded of this one from News on the Rialto, letting us know that those of us who were not able to score tickets to Ian McKellen’s sold-out portrayal of King Lear at BAM last year will be able to see it on PBS (”thanks to viewers like you…”) next fall.

According to theatermania.com:

The RSC’s recent production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, directed by Trevor Nunn and with Ian McKellen in the title role, is being filmed for HD TV. It will be broadcast on England’s BBC Channel 4 in December, as well as being broadcast on PBS in the autumn and a number of other TV stations internationally, including NHK Japan. Plans are also in the works to make the tape available on worldwide DVD.

Stay tuned to MIC for more specific information as it becomes available.

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