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Dates:Thursday, May 22, 2014
Hours:7:00 PM
In/Outdoor:Indoor
Cost:$ see below
Category:Theater & Shows

Academy Award® winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall, American Beauty) returns to the National Theatre to direct Simon Russell Beale (Timon of Athens, Collaborators) in the title role of Shakespeare’s tragedy.

An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him.

His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing.

Lear’s world descends into chaos.

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Tickets for NTE Live: $22/$15 Students & Seniors, $5 Youth

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www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441668061/National_Theatre_Live_in_HD_King_Lear_by_William_Shakespeare

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37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966 map
Phone: 978-546-7391

Travelling by Car
Drive north on Route 128 (through two rotaries) to the traffic light in Gloucester.
At the traffic light, turn left onto Route 127.
Drive 4 miles to Rockport.
Continue through “Five Corners” onto Route 127A (Broadway) toward the harbor. It’s a slight vere to the right. At the stop sign at Mt. Pleasant Street (lighthouse in median), turn left and then bear left onto Main Street. The Shalin Liu Performance Center is on the right at 37 Main Street.

Travelling by Train
Rockport is accessible by commuter rail from Boston and other Northshore towns. The commuter rail originates from North Station on the Green line in Boston. The train station is ˝ mile walk to the concert hall.

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