Old timers HAGGIS bring us Trevor Nunn’s very own adaption of the William Shakespeare classic play of the same name, King Lear. This was a TV only adaption, a recording of the stage show, but I guess it got some decent reviews and got released to DVD. The play itself is very long, 173 minutes, or nearly 3 hours, and therefore comes in 2CD’s.

Synopsis: King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear’s loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.

Genre: Drama
Ratings: IMDB: N/A RT: N/A
Directed by: Trevor Nunn
Starring: Ian McKellen, Romola Garai

Release Name: King.Lear.2008.TV.DVDRip.XviD-HAGGiS
Size: 2CD, 1.38 GB (1,478,187,862 bytes)
Quality: XViD 640×352 @ 980kpbs | AC3 128kb/s VBR
Subtitles: English
Runtime: 173 min
Filename: king.lear.cd*

Links: IMDB, Homepage, Trailer
Samples: #1, #2, #3
NFO: Here
Torrent: Here