An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare's "King Lear" with a bold staging in Tehran infused with rock music and a dazzling light show to attract younger audiences.

"King Lear" is a tragic play that explores themes of power, loyalty, madness, and the human condition. The story centers around King Lear, an aging monarch who decides to divide his kingdom among his ...

JOSHUA TREE, CA — The Joshua Tree Shakespeare Festival proudly announces its 2025 production of King Lear, a breathtaking adaptation of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy, performed under the open ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Halfway through King Lear, storm clouds gather, and Shakespeare’s protagonist rages, “You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, / As full of grief as ...

An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare's "King Lear" with a bold staging in Tehran infused with rock music and a dazzling light show to attract younger audiences.

The play, so very dark in its first half, is a brooder that, for a while, rivals King Lear or Romeo and Juliet. But after intermission, the work mutates into a pastoral comedy with a decidedly ...

all while grappling with their bizarre upbringing by the enigmatic Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) and trying to figure out their place in a hostile world, learning that they could only count ...