KING OF TEXAS
The Old West is the raw, provocative setting for this epic updating of William Shakespeare's "King Lear."
The Old West is the raw, provocative setting for this epic updating of William Shakespeare's "King Lear." Patrick Stewart stars as John Lear, a powerful Texas land baron who tears his family apart when he demands that his three daughters prove theirlove in order to inherit his land. While two of his daughters (Marcia Gay Harden, Lauren Holly) secure their future with lies, daughter Claudia (Julie Cox) refuses and is banished. As she seeks shelter with her father's mortal enemy, and her sisters,in turn, banish their father, the stage is set for an explosive denouement.