{"id":31420,"date":"2009-03-22T00:17:33","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T05:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=31420"},"modified":"2009-03-22T00:17:33","modified_gmt":"2009-03-22T05:17:33","slug":"mckellans-king-lear-on-pbs-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/03\/22\/31420-mckellans-king-lear-on-pbs-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"McKellan&#8217;s King Lear on PBS this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/mckellenkinglear2.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-31424 no-lazyload\" title=\"Ian McKellen as King Lear\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/mckellenkinglear2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>If you couldn&#8217;t catch <a title=\"McKellen's official site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mckellen.com\/stage\/lear07\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Sir Ian McKellen on stage as King Lear<\/a>, then tune in this week when the PBS program, <em>Great Performances<\/em>, features the Royal Shakespeare Company\u2019s production. 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