If you missed our original screening of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Richard II,” there is one more chance to catch it. The premiere audience has been saying terrific things about the experience. This week is our final Met Opera performance of 2013, in a highly acclaimed production marking the return of James Levine to the podium. And there is Daniel Radcliffe, of “Harry Potter” fame, in a very different, challenging role as beat poet Allen Ginsberg, at 17. Lots of intrigue and enjoyment this week at Lincoln Theater.

“All Is Lost” (PG-13, 1:46)

Robert Redford, nameless and all but silent, struggles with the elements after his sailboat is rammed by an errant shipping container somewhere in the Indian Ocean. Directed by J. C. Chandor (“Margin Call”), this film has the stark power and swift action of a classic seafaring tale, but it is also a moving and subtle allegory of human existence in the modern world. Closes Thursday, Dec. 12 with shows at 2 and 7 p.m.

“Kill Your Darlings” (R, 1:44)

Before Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac were celebrated literary outlaws, they were college kids experimenting with writing, sex and drugs in wartime Manhattan. John Krokidas’s film focuses on Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe) and Lucien Carr (Dane DeHaan), a fellow Columbia undergraduate who was both an inspiration and a source of trouble for the others. The film is both a true crime tale and a coming-out story, insightfully exploring the connections between creativity, sexuality and violence. Show dates and times: Friday, Dec. 13, Wednesday, Dec. 18 and Thursday, Dec. 19 with shows at 2 and 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m.

The Met Live in HD: “Verdi's Falstaff” (3:20)

Verdi’s brilliant final masterpiece has its first new Met production in nearly 50 years, conducted by James Levine. Ambrogio Maestri sings the iconic basso buffo role of Sir John Falstaff, the boorish, blustery character originally seen in Shakespeare’s Henry IV and Merry Wives of Windsor. Angela Meade is Alice Ford, one of many objects of Falstaff’s affection, and Stephanie Blythe is the sharp-tongued Mistress Quickly. It will be broadcast Saturday, Dec. 14 at 1 p.m. It will be proceeded by a pre-opera talk, “Verdi, Falstaff, and Shakespeare,” at 11:45 a.m.

The Royal Shakespeare Company, “Richard II” (2:55)

In a Lincoln Theater first, join us for an encore screening of the premiere Royal Shakespeare Company broadcast of Shakespeare’s Richard II, captured live from the stage in Stratford-Upon-Avon. The story of power and plotting, Richard II is the first of Shakespeare's four plays about the House of Lancaster. Richard is King, ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years. Playing Sunday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m.

Holiday cheer for the naughty and nice

Our free holiday concert, an afternoon of seasonal favorites, Christmas classics, carol sing-alongs and other surprises, is slated for Saturday, Dec. 21 at 3 p.m. Join your host, Suzanne Rankin (a.k.a. The Christmas Fairy), The Kringle Singers, and many special guests in this celebration. Tickets are going fast; please be sure to make your reservation by calling the theater or pick up tickets during regular office hours.

Up next

December films include a star-studded “Last Vegas,” and the thought-provoking “12 Years a Slave.” Some of the films up and coming: Judi Dench as “Philomena,” Meryl Streep in “August Osage County,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Nebraska,” and “Saving Mr. Banks.” Be sure to save the dates for our First Annual Holiday Guitar Night, Saturday, Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. featuring two National Fingerpicking Champions.

The theater’s complete December schedule, and information on all theater events, is available at www.atthelincoln.org. Or, check out our Facebook page, call the theater’s box office at 207-563-3424, or by dropping by for a visit. The office is open Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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