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Reading “King Lear” at Columbia in the Wake of Mahmoud Khalil’s Kidnapping
Trump’s war on my colleagues and students helped me understand the play’s political caution, which is not just about bad ...
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Austin Tichenor's FOOL to Have World Premiere at Seven Ages Theatricals
Seven Ages Theatricals will be presenting the WORLD PREMIERE production of Fool, Christopher Moore's New York Times ...
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“When the madmen lead the blind”: King Lear at the O’Reilly
Ana Pasa reviews Root Ginger Productions performance of King Lear at the Keble O'Reilly theatre, starring Scott Burke ...
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King Lear
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 ...
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King Lear - Full Cast & Crew
Lear (Sir Laurence Olivier) is an aging King who wants to retire by abdicating to his three daughters. However, in an act of petty ego stroking, he asks them who amongst them loves him most.
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King Lear at the Gate review: Propulsive production doesn’t quite solve this tragedy’s age-old problems
For the past 400 years or so, cultural critics have been declaring Shakespeare’s windiest play close to unstageable. The despair is too exhausting. The spiritual tumults too sudden and too ...