As the British journalist Dorian Lynskey relates in his erudite, delightfully witty, and strangely cheering new book, ...

Readers will not only discover an enlivened Shakespeare, they will be empowered to rehearse and direct their own productions of the imagination in the process. Available On: Publisher: Applause Books ...

Preparing for retirement, King Lear decides to split his land evenly amongst his three daughters - Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Before he bestows these gifts upon his daughters, he gives them a ...

As the English Puritan preacher John Foxe wrote in “The Book of Martyrs,” “Among ... gender and the order of birth. “King Lear” features two storylines. Each relates to the ...

Lear (Sir Laurence Olivier) is an aging King who wants to retire by abdicating to his three daughters. However, in an act of petty ego stroking, he asks them who amongst them loves him most.

Shakespeare's works were far from sacrosanct. Here’s a popular adaptation of King Lear where almost everyone, except for the real 'baddies', lives happily ever after. Loved by spectators ...