If Godard’s filmography was placed on a spectrum from linear to discombobulated, King Lear (1987), his postmodern ...

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.

I can’t help but see connections to Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” which I teach to my students as a tragedy about dysfunctional families. The tragedy features characters who are cast out by ...

Fun and irreverent, Andy Stanton’s retelling of King Lear centres on Lear and his daughters, with many secondary characters in Shakespeare’s complex original not making an appearance.

We just staged a production of King Lear in Washington DC ... when I happened upon the idea of not just exploring Shakespeare’s darker characters, but doing it chronologically, from the ...

Shakespeare’s “King Lear” places the title character’s frailty within an epic political context, where dementia provides Lear with important wisdom by reducing him to his bare humanity and ...