Preparing for retirement, King Lear decides to split his land evenly ... Edgar is forced into hiding and disguises himself as a poor beggar. After learning of the King's troubles, Gloucester ...

Belinda's departure, set to Billy Preston's "Nothing From Nothing," alluded to "King Lear," highlighting ... The fingerprints of English playwright William Shakespeare are all over "White Lotus ...

The summer portion of the season will kick off with Shakespeare's romance "The Tempest" July 3-20, followed by the the Bard's tragic masterpiece "King Lear" July 31-Aug. 17. Both plays will be ...

The coastal gateway features in a number of the William ... in the town in 1606. Lear famously heads to Dover (in Act 3), accompanied by Edgar (in disguise as Poor Tom) after being spurned and ...

There are those of us who consider the role of King Lear – ­William Shakespeare’s cranky and, indeed, conflicted monarch – to be something of a lifetime achievement figure in theatrical ...

Goneril talks to King ... poor beggar. After learning of the King's troubles, Gloucester sets out to help him but is found for treason and is blinded. His son, Edgar leads him to safety where King ...

A turbulent future beckons unless Lear, king of the Britons ... one wonders yet again at Shakespeare’s uncanny ability to create dramas for the contemporary zeitgeist, their universal truths ...

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