L. Kittredge '82 in discussing the tragedy of "King Lear" last night in Sanders Theatre. Professor Kittredge confined himself chiefly to a broad view of the plot, bringing in the characters only ...

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 ...

There may have been sensitivities about a plot which centred on the fall of the ageing King Lear, at a point in England’s history when a King had just been reinstated. Restoration audiences ...

“King Lear” features two storylines. Each relates to the disintegration of the family. The first plot involves Gloucester and his two sons, Edgar and Edmund. Edmund is a bastard, which means ...

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 ...

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.