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What is it about the fathers in "King Lear" that they are so quick, on such slight evidence, to feel betrayed where they are actually most loved? That's one of the questions raised by the revival of ...

Sitting before Theater Intime's production of "King Lear," directed by Laura Fletcher '10, one needed only to listen to the response of the audience to gather that something was amiss: For what is ...

Shakespeare’s themes are so universal, his storytelling so chock-full of detail and nuance, his plays can be adapted to just about any time and circumstance. Seen at a matinee last weekend, the latest ...

For King Lear, perhaps Shakespeare’s bleakest tragedy, Denver Center Theatre Company artistic director Kent Thompson has the characters argue, fight, rage, torment each other and grieve on an almost ...

Is blood thicker than water? Should family always come first? These clichés about the importance of family abound, despite the recognition that familial relations are oftentimes hard, if not downright ...

No. XXIX. King Lear. Act I. Scene I. Lear's Palace. Lear, Cornwall, Albany, Goneril, Regan, Cordelia, King of France, Kent, Attendants, &c. Painted by Mr. FUSELI, R.A ...