“King Lear” features two storylines ... but one could also see their abandoning Lear as karmic retribution. When Lear reunites with Cordelia, he begs for her forgiveness, suggesting he ...

reunite in their third collaboration and lead an all-star cast for their upcoming production of Shakespeare’s King Lear, adapted and directed by BAFTA and Olivier Award-winning director Richard ...

If Godard’s filmography was placed on a spectrum from linear to discombobulated, King Lear (1987), his postmodern ...

For over 150 years, Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear was performed with a less than ... two of the characters should in fact be innocent, reunite at the end and survive the whole ordeal.

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.

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 ...