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 ...

Kenneth Branagh’s production of the Shakespeare classic speeds through the material and can’t quite figure out its tone.

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.’ ” ...

King Lear, Shakespeare’s epic tragedy ... from his own lifetime to recent times. Drawing on fascinating new research from Records of Early English Drama (REED), plus the British Library's ...