But alas, there’s a downside to such goodwill: He is nobody’s idea of a King Lear. Aside from the fact ... The set is nearly bare save for a few props (very Samuel Beckett) and a busy curtain ...

All the more so if the players in question were amateur actors. Even more if the play happened to be “King Lear” — one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, and also one of the thorniest ...

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 ...