Fun and irreverent, Andy Stanton’s retelling of King Lear centres ... version of the original Shakespeare tale (as per the summary in these teachers’ notes) with children to develop in depth ...

The advantages of being a part of a family are so obvious that losing that affiliation, intentionally or not, is tragic.

Goneril talks to King Lear, her father, telling him that he is acting foolish and not attending to his kingdom. She does this with an alterior motive to find a reason to kick him out of his kingdom.

Richard Eyre to direct Shakespeare adaptation. Richard Eyre has assembled an unmissable cast to embody his vision for a timeless but deeply resonant screen adaptation of King Lear. We are all ...

In the nineteen-eighties and nineties, the actor, writer, and director ushered in a Golden Era of Shakespeare plays on film the likes of which we haven’t seen since.

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.

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Acclaimed actor Kenneth Branagh steps into the formidable shoes of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, in a new production at The Shed NYC. Read the reviews for this new production of one of ...

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 ...