Older Americans hold an outsize share of the nation’s wealth and power. Television loves watching their children scramble for ...

discuss the enduring appeal of the king gone mad, the importance of interrogating the classics, and Lear’s long road to New York City. Poots: Ken, what was the genesis of this project?

Above my desk, I keep a Post-it note with a quote from the play: “The worst is not so long as we can say ‘This is the worst.’ ” ...

Three women stand before their mother. Two profess an unyielding love for her. One falls silent. None of them will come out ...

Stage career ranged from Shakespeare, Ibsen and Pinter to TV roles in Brass, EastEnders and Great Canal Journeys ...

Have you heard about the latest development on Manhattan’s far west side? Beginning this week, it’s ancient Britain. On ...

Shakespeare wrote King Lear around 1605 during a time of political ... By Act III, the storm on the heath mirrors Lear’s inner turmoil. He is fully mad, shouting at the heavens alongside the ...

who defends herself against “a mad-brain rudesby, full of spleen.” Or this from King Lear: “[Thou art] a knave, a rascal, an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly ...

Perhaps no writer had a better talent for capturing the beauty, power, and unpredictability of nature than William Shakespeare. His keen observation of the elements allowed him to weave the changing ...

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For years, neighbours who lived near a factory in Louisville, Kentucky, complained amongst themselves and to local officials ...