Derek Jacobi's latest play was plunged into darkness and hundreds of theatregoers had to be sent home after a power cut one hour into a performance. King Lear, at the Donmar Warehouse in Covent Garden ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A reminder that "King Lear" is a deeply bloody play comes in the second half of the Donmar Warehouse's new production when one of the Earl of Gloucester's bloody eyeballs is gouged out ...

Thankless child creates family issues. Sir Derek Jacobi stars as the monarch who oversees his own usurpation. He first appears onstage swaddled in rich robes, imperious and tetchy, allowing his ...

Derek Jacobi has finally made good on his promise to tackle King Lear, opening in Michael Grandage’s Donmar Warehouse production last night (7 December 2010, previews from 3 December).

As you enter the Lowry to settle down to watch Michael Grandage‘s sweeping epic version of the Shakespeare classic King Lear starring Derek Jacobi, you can sense the excitement and anticipation in the ...

Derek Jacobi is expected to be a very hot ticket in New York City in April when his hit London production of "King Lear" begins a six-week run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. But area theatergoers ...