Harris, Michael Milligan, Patrick Page and Shirine Babb in “King Lear,” directed by Simon Godwin ... plucks out the eyes of Edmund’s father, Craig Wallace’s noble Gloucester.

You will not be able to keep your eyes off the eye. Visitors to the thrilling, trimmed-down Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company production of King Lear (Griffin Theater, The Shed, to Dec. 15 ...

The shame for Lear, because he’s been a king and he’s been the center of ... “Had I your tongues and eyes, I’d use them so that heaven’s vault should crack,” Lear says, moments before ...

That all-seeing space-eye above Branagh’s Neolithic England ... t lack for petty machinations and raving leaders. And “King Lear” doesn’t lack for criticisms of power — those who seek ...

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

“King Lear” is about lots of things—power ... Gloucester has been tortured, had his eyes gouged out, but he is finally able to see that Edmund lied. “I am worse than e’er I was ...

"King Lear," and stars as the Fool.(Jules Nerestant) The biggest surprise so far for me is how much we laugh in rehearsal. Which is great for a play that involves an eye-gouging scene. There is ...

packaged version King Lear. A rigorous directorial hand would have been just the thing to help it find its feet – and to send those spears flying into the bull's-eye.

At two hours with no intermission, this stunning Branagh-helmed and -starring production is, in the best possible way, “King Lear’s” greatest hits. Senior Editor and Writer You will not be ...