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Fun and irreverent, Andy Stanton’s retelling of King Lear centres on Lear and his daughters, with many secondary characters in Shakespeare’s complex original not making an appearance.

The summer portion of the season will kick off with Shakespeare's romance "The Tempest" July 3-20, followed by the the Bard's ...

Opinion: Dr. Miranda Fay Thomas explores the history behind - and relevance of - William Shakespeare's masterpiece King Lear, currently playing at Dublin's Gate Theatre. Filmmaker Francis Ford ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...