The Fool’s sardonic mockery is not unlike Cordelia’s outspokenness, but while the king is amused by one, he brays with indignation at the other. In the opening scene at court, when Lear ...

So much so that when the King of France (Hunter Ringsmith) offers to marry Cordelia moments after Lear repudiates her, the gesture is meant to come as a shock. On this occasion, he and Godwin ...

Running under two hours, Amazon's version of William Shakespeare's 'King Lear' is oddly thin and brisk ... Unmarried youngest daughter Cordelia (Florence Pugh), however, declines to indulge ...

Shakespeare's "King ... Lear enters with an arm on the shoulder of his Fool for support, his hair an unkempt squall of white fuzz. He has trouble remembering the name of one of Cordelia’s ...

Sam Waterston, every inch King Lear, confronts youngest daughter Cordelia (Kristen Connolly) in the Public’s “Lear.” Joan Marcus Having your eyeballs pulled out — an act infamously feature ...

Written between 1603 and 1606, “King Lear” opens with the 80-year-old monarch set to retire and divide his kingdom among his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Each will receive a ...

Theatre of Yugen's new production, "Cordelia," by playwright Erik Ehn, explores Shakespeare's "King Lear" through Noh drama, the oldest surviving form of Japanese theater, which often re-creates ...

His ego bruised, Lear’s reaction to Cordelia’s bluntness sets in motion a chain of events no one could foresee. He disinherits Cordelia and marries her off to the King of France without a dowry.