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From Guys & Dolls to John Betjeman and Richard Strauss - actor Warren Mitchell shares his choices with Sue Lawley. From 1999.
David Morse told UPI he sees a glimmer of William Shakespeare's doomed patriarch King Lear in Harris Sinclair, the character ...
There are clear echoes of Shakespeare’s King Lear in Saul, but its real subject is the Israeli king’s pathologically self-destructive jealousy, which is triggered by warrior-harpist David’s success in ...
An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare's King Lear with ... In the final act, Lear, broken by betrayal, regains clarity before his death. "In one scene, Lear calls ...
First published in the early 17th century, "King Lear" tells ... In the final act, Lear, broken by betrayal, regains clarity before his death. "In one scene, Lear calls on those in power to ...
The performance of King Lear is infused with rock music and ... with Shakespeare's work," said Saatchian. In the final act, Lear, broken by betrayal, regains clarity before his death. "In one scene, ...
Memorial Day is the first of the summer’s patriotic holidays. That makes it a good time to think about patriotism and what love of country requires of us today. As we honor the people who have died ...
One is Norman Lear, the legendary television producer ... America was founded in resistance to the tyranny of a king. Resisting Trump’s efforts to act like a mad and unaccountable king is a profoundly ...
One by one, in Lear, good and upstanding figures ... over the cooling corpse of the king. Instead, I find myself dwelling on the end of Act I, Scene 4. Goneril has announced to her husband ...
Only one scene in the film mimics the play; perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s Act I, Scene I. Instead, Godard’s King Lear functions more as a visual essay of sorts, using the filmic form to reminisce on ...
One of Bell Shakespeare ... in the dual roles of Cordelia and Lear’s Fool, while Tamara Lee Bailey bailey makes a femme fatale of Regan. Alex King brings suitably heroic energy to the role ...