An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare's "King Lear" with a bold staging in Tehran infused with ...

In the second plot, King Lear attempts to divide his kingdom among his daughters. Because it is impossible to equally divvy up cities, towns and villages, he invents a contest: Each daughter will ...

Apparently a doddering old king, Lear is an attractive figure ... and it’s never more important than in this year: Even as Lear understands what his daughters have done to him, and what he ...

A Quantum Fantasia, Jack Stehlin, who previously starred in both Titus Redux at the Kirk Douglas and Tempest Redux at the ...

Do Lear’s daughters love him? What do they bring with them into the space when they gather along with the rest of their father’s court to witness the old king divesting his power and dividing ...

Even if it’s too late to make a difference, benevolent reconciliation between father and daughter warms the English air. Their day may be lost. But our hearts have been won. King Lear ...

While his two older daughters, Goneril (Deborah Alli ... doesn’t lack for petty machinations and raving leaders. And “King Lear” doesn’t lack for criticisms of power — those who seek ...

Their “King Lear” – a sleek ... t sure he was ready for the ravages of age that Lear embodies, as his elder daughters reject him and his mind rapidly unravels. When opportunity knocks ...

deceit and the struggle for power sees Lear, an aging king and father, reject the child who truly loves him and is unable to see beyond the lies of his eldest daughters. Lear’s blindness ...