Dr. Miranda Fay Thomas explores the history behind William Shakespeare's masterpiece King Lear, currently playing at Dublin's ...

Shakespeare's works were far from sacrosanct. Here’s a popular adaptation of King Lear where almost everyone, except for the real 'baddies', lives happily ever after. Loved by spectators ...

In a recent interview, Othello director Kenny Leon confirmed that there has 'absolutely' been conversations with the actor ...

Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson lead all-star ensemble cast. Richard Eyre to direct Shakespeare adaptation. Richard Eyre has assembled an unmissable cast to embody his vision for a timeless but ...

It’s an adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear performed in the round. The Jamestown Community College Uncommoners production ...

The spiritual tumults too sudden and too irrational. None of this has stopped King Lear remaining among the most quotable and psychologically dense of his tragedies. Roxana Silbert hasn’t quite ...

Fortunately, Brook keeps his excesses in check in his 1971 version of King Lear. With equal good fortune, his Lear is Paul Scofield, whose portrayal of the senile old ruler, whose susceptibility ...

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.