Tragedies such as King Lear are 'universal and resonate with people around the world', said lead actor Ahmad Saatchian ...

Five people were running the country,” a political insider told the authors of the new book Original Sin. “And Joe Biden was ...

So it was with Kim Krumm Sorenson’s stunning silks for Lear, Cordelia and Regan. In the Resident Ensemble Players’ stirring production of King Lear, director Jackson Gay strips the ...

The Saturday Symposium and Resident Ensemble Players are partnering together for King Lear. Join us for the day on April 19 and enjoy fascinating discussions, followed by a matinee performance of this ...

Opinion: Dr. Miranda Fay Thomas explores the history behind - and relevance of - William Shakespeare's masterpiece King Lear, currently playing at Dublin's Gate Theatre. Filmmaker Francis Ford ...

The week that Mahmoud Khalil became a political prisoner of the Trump regime, I was teaching Shakespeare’s King Lear. On Saturday, March 8, as his wife watched, anonymous federal agents abducted ...

There are those of us who consider the role of King Lear – ­William Shakespeare’s cranky and, indeed, conflicted monarch – ... Monday, 26 May 2025 ePaper ...

Or when a patriarch succumbs to flattery over a more difficult truth? Shakespeare asks these questions and more in King Lear, his study of political vacuums and family dynamics. The ageing King ...

If Godard’s filmography was placed on a spectrum from linear to discombobulated, King Lear (1987), his postmodern interpretation of Shakespeare’s work, would fall somewhere near the middle. In theory, ...

So—a few weeks ago, I saw Kenneth Branagh in “King Lear” at the Shed ... to react to events that unfold in accordance with his wickedness. In response, Parker slows the pacing elsewhere ...

Physical media collectors, take note. The Criterion Collection has announced six new Blu-ray releases coming in February 2025, including titles from some of today’s most beloved auteurs and one ...