Or when King Lear looks into the abyss, his madness only expressed by the flow of the water.” Given the geopolitics, I can’t help but wonder if Korean interest in the mad dynastic dictatorship ...

The first 90 minutes of this exceptionally stylish King Lear at the Almeida contain some ... brings her inimitable stylings to the tale of the mad king. She creates a stark, jagged world loosely ...

We’ll begin by discussing various expressions of madness in King Lear, including demonic possession, waking dreams, and musical speech. Next, we’ll ask: When and why is Lear mad? How is madness ...

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 ...

A stage-to-screen film of King Lear, filmed in the round in Manchester. A brutal portrait of a man unravelling - pitted against his daughters, nature and the universe itself. Show more A stage-to ...

all famous for their portrayals of Lear, used Tate’s version. In 1820, a few years before the death of King George III, it was felt that the situation of Shakespeare's mad monarch may have been ...