Dublin provided the perfect backdrop for Whit Stillman’s raunchy adaptation of one of Jane Austen’s lesser-known works, writes Helen Barlow

NOTHING will come of nothing, King Lear famously declares as he considers dividing his kingdom between his daughters commensurate with their expressions of love for him.

ON A SNOWY winter’s evening in Toronto, a famous actor named Arthur Leander dies on stage during a performance of King Lear. 

GIVEN the weather we’ve been enduring here lately, you have to envy the Australian lifestyle. They can plan open air events with confidence, and if you were thinking of celebrating the first months of 2014 down under, then Sydney is the place to head for, where on Feb 1 you can enjoy Opera in the Domain free.

Playing Batman won't be a challenge for Ben Affleck, according to Matt Damon.

SHAKESPEAREAN theatre is associated with the tragic figures Hamlet, King Lear and Othello.

The actress who shot dead Darren — the character played by Robert Sheehan in hit TV show Love/Hate — has said she feared a backlash after killing “the best-looking boy on Irish television”.

The Boys of Foley Street whisks its audience through Dublin’s inner city, says Pádraic Killeen

Pan Pan’s take on Henrik Ibsen’s classic tragedy toys with its title but is otherwise true to his vision, says Pádraic Killeen

Actor Corin Redgrave has died at the age of 70, his family said today.

Al Pacino is joining forces with filmmaker Michael Radford for their second shot at Shakespeare - a big screen adaptation of 'King Lear'.

Anthony Hopkins has been confirmed as the latest actor to play King Lear in a big screen adaptation of Shakespeare's great tragedy.

CLARE-BORN broadcaster Des Lynam joined pop princess Kylie Minogue, veteran chat show host Michael Parkinson and actress Julie Walters on Queen Elizabeth’s new year’s honours list published yesterday.

Ian McKellan fought against playing tragic Shakespeare character King Lear onstage - because he feared the role would make him mad.

Award-winning actor Ian McKellen today said playing the title character in Shakespeare’s King Lear, was more rewarding than recent film roles such as Gandalf in 'The Lord of the Rings'.

Coronation Street’s Mike Baldwin is to be struck down by Alzheimer’s disease in a dramatic TV storyline.

Christopher Plummer has been cast as Cardinal Bernard Law in Our Fathers, a TV film about the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal in the US.

With the coming Harry Potter and this film, Richard Harris departs us on a high.

Tributes have poured in for ‘‘awesomely gifted comic actor’’ Nigel Hawthorne, who died of a heart attack, aged 72.