A TIMELESS TALE OF GREED AND LUST FOR POWER. IT IS THE STORY OF A SICK OLD MAN, HIS SCHEMING CHILDREN AND LOST LOYALTIES. KING LEAR IS ARGUABLY SHAKESPEARE'S FINEST WORK, MASTERFULLY ADAPTED FOR THE SCEEN BY SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER: UNQUESTIONABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST ACTORS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.