The harassment of Jewish students in the context of Israel ... My favorite thing about King Lear, as someone who is hardly an expert in Shakespeare but has taught it for years, is that it ...

Scene from Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear. Wood engraving after a paintig, by August von Heckel (German painter, 1824 – 1883), published in 1873. ZU_09/Getty Images a problem that affected ...

The playwright, Jacob Gordin, in 1892 penned what became his most famous work, Der Yidisher Kenig Lir, or The Jewish King Lear. Perhaps even better than Shakespeare himself, Gordin foresaw the ...

From left: Matthew J. Harris, Michael Milligan, Patrick Page and Shirine Babb in “King Lear,” directed by Simon Godwin at Shakespeare Theatre Company. (DJ Corey) Review by Peter Marks Patrick ...