Resident Ensemble Players’ King Lear is not a safe, reverential staging—it is a bold, bracing confrontation with one of ...

The first half of the show, before intermission, was highly entertaining. We were introduced to King Lear (Tommy Liddy) and ...

Fun and irreverent, Andy Stanton’s retelling of King Lear centres ... and silly humour. Lear ultimately asks whether he can jump ship to another Shakespeare play with a happier ending.

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 ...

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 historical play of King Lear and his Three Daughters is an adaptation by the writer and poet Nahum Tate (1652-1715), which first appeared in 1681. It is thought to have replaced Shakespeare ...