William Shakespeare wrote King Lear, frequently cited as his best tragedy, between 1605 and 1606. The play tells the story of the titular king, who attempts to divide his kingdom among his three ...

He was, scholars believe, in the midst of an astonishingly potent creative period, one that produced some of the most extraordinary tragedies ever written — “King Lear” and “Macbeth ...

Al Pacino will play the title role in “King Lear,” an adaptation of the Shakespeare play that will be directed by Michael Radford. Radford, who wrote the script, is making his second ...

SECOND ARTICLE : PLOT AND PERSONAGES. SHAKESPEARE was forty-one years old when he wrote King Lear. Just at the time of life when a well-constituted, healthy man has attained the maturity of his ...

The subplot involving the Earl of Gloucester and his sons, Edgar and the illegitimate Edmund, mirrors Lear's tragic descent, adding layers to the narrative. Shakespeare wrote King Lear around ...

For Philippa Kelly, who in 2022 dramaturged Marcus Gardley’s adaptation of “King Lear” at Cal Shakes and who’s written books about the play, Biden’s debate debacle is akin to Lear’s ...

Dennis Raveneau portrays King Lear and Emily Ernst is the Fool in Fair Assembly's upcoming production of Shakespeare's familial tragedy.(Mac Welch) If you’re old enough to play King Lear, the ...

“King Lear” is about lots of things—power ... Samuel Johnson famously wrote that he couldn’t stomach rereading the final scenes for years, so devastated was he by Cordelia’s death.