King Lear

When John Kani launched his acting career in the 1960s, the only stage he could find was an empty snake pit at a shuttered South African museum.

His latest production, "Kunene and the King," opened with the Royal Shakespeare Company and played on London's West End.

It's now resuming a South African tour that was interrupted by the pandemic's theater closures.

In cooperation with the British Embassy and the British Council in Athens, the Athens Concert Hall is screening a performance of Jonathan Munby's brilliant production of Shakespeare's "King Lear," starring Ian McKellen, recorded at the Duke of York's Theater in London's West End.