Trump’s war on my colleagues and students helped me understand the play’s political caution, which is not just about bad ...

“King Lear” features two storylines. Each relates to the disintegration of the family. The first plot involves Gloucester and his two sons, Edgar and Edmund. Edmund is a bastard, which means ...

Gloucester sets out to help him but is found for treason and is blinded. His son, Edgar leads him to safety where King Lear is also hiding. The English army defeats the French army led by Cordelia ...

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Christopher Plummer was nominated but did not win.

Ana Pasa reviews Root Ginger Productions performance of King Lear at the Keble O'Reilly theatre, starring Scott Burke ...

Set in the fictional present, King Lear sees Academy Award winner Anthony ... takes the role of the Earl of Gloucester, BAFTA Award winner Andrew Scott (Sherlock, The Hollow Crown) as his loyal ...

None of this has stopped King Lear remaining among the most quotable ... It may be infantile to expect video-nasty relish in the gouging of Gloucester’s eyes, but something more than the ...