When Shakespeare Dallas announced that its long-time, but recently retired, artistic and executive director, Raphael Perry, was to star in King Lear, there was great speculation and anticipation ...

Theater & Dance Shakespeare Theatre trimmed ‘King Lear’ — and made it a box office champ. Actor Patrick Page and director Simon Godwin discuss the success of their record-breaking ‘King ...

The Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of "King Lear" is available to stream through Sunday. Tickets cost $40 and are limited. To purchase or for more information, visit shakespearetheatre ...

Fair enough: “King Lear” is a sanguinary tale of the lust for power and the cruelty it unleashes when Lear plays a foolhardy game of giving away his kingdom in the opening scene, into which we ...

Kenneth Branagh plays the title role in a new production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear , set in the barbarous landscape of Ancient Britain. Featuring a cast of rising stars from the Royal ...

Even more if the play happened to be “King Lear” — one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, and also one of the thorniest and most challenging. And finally: if the performance was entirely ...

Ellen McLaughlin is the actor who is climbing the Mount Everest that is “King Lear.” “I wouldn't have done it if it was Queen Lear, because I don't think that's true to the play." ...

Bell Shakespeare’s King Lear, directed by Peter Evans, ... King Lear stands as a colossus of a play in Shakespeare’s achievements, among the grandest efforts of his imagination.

King Lear is known as one of Shakespeare's most influential and bloodiest plays. Lear is known for his descent into madness, and it takes a very seasoned actor to play such a tremendous role.