ContactMusic — SIR IAN MCKELLEN's full frontal nude scene in a stage production of KING LEAR has been cut from a U.S. TV version of the play. MCKellen stars in network PBS' adaptation ... more info

Associated Press — UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) -- Ian McKellen says his on-stage "King Lear" nude scene is discreetly avoided in the upcoming public television version of the play.... more info

Winter TV Press Tour 2009 starts in 10 days. After PBS warms up the TV critics with Q&A sessions about the censored Mark Twain Prize for Humor ceremony honoring George Carlin and the merits of a full-frontal-nude King Lear, and after the semiannual more info

BBC News - UK — Actor Pete Postlethwaite says bad reviews for a new production of King Lear were justified, but claims the show has been changed. more info

The Telegraph — Charles Spencer reviews King Lear at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool. more info