Anders Ingvar Kjell Kjellson had a notable roll in what William Shakespeare play?
Ingvar Kjellson Anders Ingvar Kjell Kjellson (20 May 1923 – 18 December 2014) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Kjellson was born in Kärna, Östergötland County. He was accepted at Dramatens elevskola in 1946. He worked as an actor at various theatres, and was part of the permanent ensamble at the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1964. He had notable roles in a number of plays including "Hedda Gabler", "The Wild Duck", "The Beggars' Opera" and "Twelfth Night". In 2013, he played the old servant Firs in "The Cherry Orchard" at Stockholm City Theatre.
King Lear (1999 film) King Lear is a 1999 adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film stars Brian Blessed (who also co-directed the film, along with Tony Rotherham) in the title role. Apart from Peter Brook's "King Lear" in 1971, it is the only other feature length film adaptation to preserve Shakespeare's verse. Yvonne Griggs, in "Shakespeare's King Lear: A close study of the relationship between text and film" (2009), characterised it as "a very stilted costume drama".