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

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

As he approaches his 89th birthday, Richard Wilson plays King Lear for the first time in his life. Richard will be the oldest-ever British actor to take on the role. This is Shakespeare's powerful ...

First published in the early 17th century, "King Lear" tells the story ... Naive and prideful, Lear disowns Cordelia, his youngest daughter, who refuses to join the charade.

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 ...

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 ...

The barrister and her father, neurosurgeon Graeme Brazenor, have become production patrons for the Melbourne run of Bell Shakespeare’s new take on King Lear – meaning that a dad-and-daughter ...