in 2002, he appeared in "king lear", directed by jonathan miller. the play had strong positive reviews. he was nominated for a tony award and a drama desk award for his role in "king lear". he also got a tony award nomination for playing henry drummond in the 2007 version of "inherit the wind". he played julius caesar in george bernard shaw's "caesar and cleopatra". the play was filmed and shown in canadian movie theaters on january 31, 2009. in 2009 and 2010, plummer was in two stratford festival plays of shaw's "caesar and cleopatra" and william shakespeare's "the tempest". plummer returned to the stratford festival in the summer of 2010 in "the tempest" where he played prospero. in 2014, plummer presented a stage play "a word or two" in los angeles.