Lear (Sir Laurence Olivier) is an aging King who wants to retire by abdicating ... Cordelia (Anna Calder-Marshall), refuses play along with this foolish charade. In a rage, Lear exiles her along ...

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Ana Pasa reviews Root Ginger Productions performance of King Lear at the Keble O'Reilly theatre, starring Scott Burke ...

KING LEAR, Shakespeare's masterpiece, is one of the towering works of world literature. In no other play is Shakespeare's tragic vision more terrifyingly clear-and nowhere in his canon does he ...

So what’s going on here? The historical play of King Lear and his Three Daughters is an adaptation by the writer and poet Nahum Tate (1652-1715), which first appeared in 1681. It is thought to ...

King Lear's themes of loyalty, justice, and the corrupting nature of power are particularly resonant in today's world, making this play an essential theatrical experience for audiences of all ages.

Preparing for retirement, King Lear decides to split his land evenly amongst his three daughters - Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Before he bestows these gifts upon his daughters, he gives them a ...

A stage-to-screen film of King Lear, filmed in the round in Manchester. A brutal portrait of a man unravelling - pitted against his daughters, nature and the universe itself. Show more A stage-to ...