Ten actors wear the crowns in Karin Coonrod’s production, which is rich with twilight revelation, at La MaMa in Manhattan.

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the ...

AKRON, Ohio – Shakespeare lovers can catch the Ohio Shakespeare Festival’s production of “King Lear” under the stars at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens on three upcoming weekends. The play will be performed ...

Lear is an old man blind to his weaknesses. He decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters according to who recites the best declaration of love. Goneril and Regan pretend to love him but ...