King Lear by Wendy Caster

Why would King Lear do something as foolish as give up his kingdom? What if he were secretly aware that he has early signs of dementia?  Sam Waterston seems at first to take this approach in the current production of King Lear at the Public Theatre, and it's an interesting interpretation. Unfortunately, he soon trades it in for yelling. And yelling. And yelling. And when he finally does drop his yelling--to whis…

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