Category: King Lear

Utah Shakespeare Festival’s ‘King Lear’: Timely While Honoring History

CEDAR CITY, Utah—We’re often repulsed by the laughter of those we believe to be mad. In the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s performance of “King Lear,” which eschews gimmicky revisions in favor of a more traditional approach, Lear’s laughter reveals his humanity, even if we don’t understand why he laughs. “The great challenge of this role is…


A Couple of Kings’ Couplets: How Shakespeare Uses Meter and Rhyme in ‘King Lear’

Because we are incarnate beings, our spirits receive meaning through our bodies and their physical senses. If we don’t see (or hear or taste or smell or feel) it, we don’t believe it. We don’t even get it. To be effective, any work of art must convey meaning in some form. Poetry too—at least good…