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

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 ...

Due to shorter life expectancy, many parents did not live to see their children ... gender and the order of birth. “King Lear” features two storylines. Each relates to the disintegration ...

The first half of the show, before intermission, was highly entertaining. We were introduced to King Lear (Tommy Liddy) and ...

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.

Lear: what did you think when you realised your two daughters ... ‘Love Like Salt’ or ‘Water and Salt’ which features a king and his daughters. The youngest, and favourite, daughter ...

Actor Edmund Kean reinstated the original tragic ending of King Lear, but although his acting earned praise, these performances did not go down well and he reverted to Tate’s version of the play.

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

Chris Wasser on King Lear: The Bard’s tetchiest monarch still has the power to inspire, as Conleth Hill’s turn testifies Theatre Michael Glenn Murphy, Conleth Hill and Fiona Bell in the Gate's ...

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