Review: (Ottawa) King Lear
August Schellenberg (from NAC website)Stirring FeatherLear faces the storm at NACby Jim MurchisonIt was with much anticipation that I went to see King Lear. Shakespeare is often performed in different settings in an effort to revitalize it or to make it more accessible. Sometimes the stretch is too large and it creates a chasm that alienates Shakespearean devotees and baffles newcomers to the classics. When I first l…