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 ...

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.

Fun and irreverent, Andy Stanton’s retelling of King Lear centres ... At the centre of the story of Lear is the terrible storm through which Lear rages in his madness. Children could use a ...

Or when King Lear looks into the abyss, his madness only expressed by the flow ... “We wanted to focus more on universal themes, to explore ideas that people cling to ideas that eventually ...

None of this has stopped King Lear remaining among the most quotable ... He is better still, bedecked with flowers, as madness brings him oblique wisdom. There is a particular poignancy to seeing ...

Edmund tries to reason why being a bastard should not keep him from what he believes to be rightfully his. Preparing for retirement, King Lear decides to split his land evenly amongst his three ...