King Lear Glenda Jackson, who returned to the stage in 2016 to take on the role of King Lear at the Old Vic after a 25-year hiatus from acting, passed away in June 2023 at the age of 87. more ...

A month earlier, when the 81-year-old Jackson accepted the Evening Standard Award for “King Lear” at the Old Vic, the crowd roared its approval.

At 82, Glenda Jackson Commands the Most Powerful Role in Theater “King Lear” has long been the crowning performance for actors who know how to dominate a stage.

King Lear Broadway in 2019 - Glenda Jackson will appear as the title character in King Lear in the play's Broadway run next year.

Glenda Jackson plays the title role in Shakespeare's King Lear on Broadway. Jackson still gets nervous after decades on stage because she knows how "easy it is to act really badly, and how very ...

Glenda Jackson plays a man, King Lear, in the new gender-bending Broadway production of one of William Shakespeare’s classics.

Glenda Jackson and Ruth Wilson star in a new Broadway production of King Lear—“the greatest feast there is,” according to director Sam Gold.

When Lear startlingly sees himself in a half-naked beggar (Sean Carvajal as the disguised Edgar) on the heath, Jackson’s wondering, wounded expression suggests an epiphany that’s both glorious ...

Then came an exhilarating “King Lear” at the Old Vic in 2016, announcing that Jackson had lost none of her power and verve. So how do you top “King Lear”?

She received five Laurence Olivier Award nominations for her West End roles in Stevie (1977), Antony and Cleopatra (1979), Rose (1980), Strange Interlude (1984) and King Lear (2016), the later ...

At 82, Glenda Jackson Commands the Most Powerful Role in Theater “King Lear” has long been the crowning performance for actors who know how to dominate a stage.