In the second plot, King Lear attempts to divide his kingdom among his daughters. Because it is impossible to equally divvy up cities, towns and villages, he invents a contest: Each daughter will ...

Read our review of King Lear at Dublin's Gate Theatre. This take on Shakespeare’s formidable human tragedy features an impressive central performance from Conleth Hill ...

King Lear tells the tale of the once-powerful king as he chooses to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, setting in motion one of Shakespeare's most challenging and notable pieces of work.

Fun and irreverent, Andy Stanton’s retelling of King Lear centres on Lear and ... dad stay with you after he gave you half his kingdom? Lear: what did you think when you realised your two ...

In an ancient Britain bound by loyalty to the clan and the power of the sword, King Lear decides to give up his crown. As he divides the kingdom between his daughters, family ties disintegrate ...

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.

A turbulent future beckons unless Lear, king of the Britons, can get his affairs appropriately sorted and equally divided between ... he has ruled both his kingdom and his family with a rod ...