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2 days ago · ★★★★ “This King Lear repays your investment by offering a mature, measured and malevolent approach to a familiar text.” - Lou Reviews ★★★★ “This vicious and chilling new version of King Lear takes on a fresh and original, perspective on the tragic tale” - A Youngish Perspective
3 days ago · A non-verbal physical theatre interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear will receive its UK premiere at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith SPEECHLESS PRODUCTION: A UNIQUE INTERPRETATION OF KING LEAR AT RIVERSIDE STUDIOS A review by Vartika My recent trip to Riverside Studios introduced me to an i
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5 days ago · King Lear, George Frederick Bensell. King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between his daughters Goneril and Regan, who pay homage to gain favour, feigning love. The King's third daughter, Cordelia, is ...
22 hours ago · 5/5: Powerful and dense. This play is filled with timeless themes and conundrums that will keep you thinking and discussing for a few millennia at least. What can parents expect from their grown children? Do a parent's faults cancel a child's obligations? What if the child is flawed as well? What happens to a person when pain and suffering just don't stop? Where did everyone go wrong? I was ...
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22 hours ago · Movie Information. Rated No Rating; 3.0 hours, 30 minutes; Synopsis. Sam Mendes returns to the National Theatre to direct Simon Russell Beale in the title role of Shakespeare's tragedy. An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia ...
Well it would be interesting to watch the 2009 first and then the 2018 to see if he has changed his version of the role a decade later, as he aged…. I do know he emphasised his view of Lear’s dementia in the 2018 version (it’s a tour de force) but I haven’t seen the 2009 film. Hmmm now I may have to watch it! I love both, but the NT ...
5 days ago · Yet Lear cheated, too. The wistful line in the All in the Family theme song—“Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again”—warbled off-key by Archie and his long-suffering wife ...
