Harris, Michael Milligan, Patrick Page and Shirine Babb in “King ... Lear”: She returns toward the end of the play, to try to save her father’s kingdom, only to be captured by her sisters ...

Even more if the play happened to be “King Lear” — one of Shakespeare’s ... who worked in children’s art therapy at a local film school: Actors wanted. No experience needed.

By Matt Wolf The critic Matt Wolf saw “King Lear” in London “Blow ... made up of graduates from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Branagh’s alma mater), many in their West End debuts ...

"When I was 12 years old," Mrs. Doyle said, "my Great Books Club read the play King Lear ... As war looms among the sisters, Lear's harrowing descent into madness echoes growing chaos in his ...

Kenneth Branagh plays the title role in a new production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, set in the barbarous ... from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art directed by Branagh, this production ...

Branagh: Big works of art take long gestation periods, and it's been 45 years since I first read King Lear, so that's when the journey begins. You and I started talking specifically about a new ...

Dennis Raveneau portrays King Lear and Emily Ernst is the Fool in Fair ... Both of these brothers, as well as the sisters, feel different and original. Manuel Mendoza is a freelance writer and ...

Acclaimed actor Kenneth Branagh steps into the formidable shoes of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, in a new production ... the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art co-directed by Rob Ashford, Branagh ...

Fun and irreverent, Andy Stanton’s retelling of King Lear ... wicked sisters and the return of good daughter Cordelia, but there is plenty of modern dialogue and silly humour. Lear ultimately ...