Is blood thicker than water? Should family always come first? These clichés about the importance of family abound, despite ...

In no other play is Shakespeare's tragic vision more terrifyingly clear-and nowhere in his canon does he create a richer or more complex set of characters. When King Lear divides his kingdom among ...

Dr. Miranda Fay Thomas explores the history behind William Shakespeare's masterpiece King Lear, currently playing at Dublin's Gate Theatre.

The Bard churned out King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra as London reeled from the foiled Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and ...

If the "White Lotus" season finale's plot seemed a little familiar, there's a reason why. Here's how the show evoked the ...

Resident Ensemble Players’ King Lear is not a safe, reverential staging—it is a bold, bracing confrontation with one of ...

The fact that Shakespeare is the most influential writer in English literature is simply held to be the truth now.

The first half of the show, before intermission, was highly entertaining. We were introduced to King Lear (Tommy Liddy) and his three daughters, the traitorous duo Regan (Isabel Olesinski) and Goneril ...