{"id":31508,"date":"2009-03-25T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T14:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=31508"},"modified":"2009-03-25T09:05:09","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T14:05:09","slug":"pbs-brings-mckellen-as-king-lear-to-the-masses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/03\/25\/31508-pbs-brings-mckellen-as-king-lear-to-the-masses\/","title":{"rendered":"PBS brings McKellen as ‘King Lear’ to the masses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"957725\"Sir Ian McKellen received rave reviews for his performance in the title role of “King Lear,” but he’s quick to give credit where credit is due.<\/p>\n

The playwright.<\/p>\n

“Lear \u2014 it’s all there. It’s all pretty obvious what’s going on,” he said. “Although a psychiatrist reviewed the production and praised me for having clearly done my research into the particularity of Lear’s mental problem. I’ve done nothing of the sort. I’ve done no research whatsoever. I just played the part as it seemed to me the words wanted me to. And the brilliance was not mine, but Shakespeare’s.\u00a0 Read McKellen as ‘King Lear’ to the masses<\/a><\/B><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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