This drama is one of the great tragedy themed plays by William Shakespeare. The themes of the play cover greed, betrayal, lust for power, and cruelty. The story of King Lear, an aging monarch who is headstrong old man who is blind to his weaknesses, decides to divide his kingdom amongst his three daughters, according to which one recites the best declaration of love. Goneril and Regan who are the selfish daughters of Lear who pretend to love him but later treat him cruelly. Cordelia who is the loyal and unselfish daughter. King Lear disowns Cordelia after confusing her honesty with insolence. The end of the play ends in death by various methods including poison and suicide. Cordelia dies and King Lear, now a broken man, also dies.
Themes in this play:
- Appearance versus reality
- Justice
- Compassion
- reconciliation
- The natural order
Previous performances:
Yet another play directed by David Farr! this guy in on a roll! This play was performed in 2010.
Another film! This time it's directed by Trevor Nunn and was released in 2008 starring Ian Mckellen.
My opinion:
Being someone who has never seen or known the plot of King Lear, i am quite intrigued by this although i have absolutely no clue where I'd go with this one!
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