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Reading “King Lear” at Columbia in the Wake of Mahmoud Khalil’s Kidnapping
Trump’s war on my colleagues and students helped me understand the play’s political caution, which is not just about bad ...
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As more Americans go ‘no contact’ with their parents, they live out a dilemma at the heart of Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’
“King Lear” features two storylines. Each relates to the disintegration of the family. The first plot involves Gloucester and his two sons, Edgar and Edmund. Edmund is a bastard, which means ...
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“When the madmen lead the blind”: King Lear at the O’Reilly
Ana Pasa reviews Root Ginger Productions performance of King Lear at the Keble O'Reilly theatre, starring Scott Burke ...
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King Lear
Gloucester sets out to help him but is found for treason and is blinded. His son, Edgar leads him to safety where King Lear is also hiding. The English army defeats the French army led by Cordelia ...
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King Lear Broadway Original Cast Revival
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Christopher Plummer was nominated but did not win.
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King Lear cast announced for BBC Two
Set in the fictional present, King Lear sees Academy Award winner Anthony ... takes the role of the Earl of Gloucester, BAFTA Award winner Andrew Scott (Sherlock, The Hollow Crown) as his loyal ...
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King Lear at the Gate review: Propulsive production doesn’t quite solve this tragedy’s age-old problems
None of this has stopped King Lear remaining among the most quotable ... It may be infantile to expect video-nasty relish in the gouging of Gloucester’s eyes, but something more than the ...