Hopkins' King Lear

Saw Anthony Hopkins' King Lear and recommend it. A very solid production. It was the first time I'd seen King Lear since my father died, probably the first time I'd seen it since his dementia began to be notable, and it hit me rather hard, not least because Hopkins looks quite a lot like my dad and his acting style is much like my dad's dramatic acting/reading style. I have loved King Lear since I was a kid. "My" King Lear will always be Olivier's, partly down to nostalgia, but I certainly feel it a different way having lived through the final stretch of my father's journey.