Veteran Egyptian actor Yehia al-Fakharany is set to star in a stage production of William Shakespeare’s “King Lear” for the third time in his career. He is currently finalizing rehearsals, with the ...

An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare's "King Lear" with a bold staging in Tehran infused with rock music and a dazzling light show to attract younger audiences.

An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare's "King Lear" with a bold staging in Tehran infused with rock music and a dazzling light show to attract younger audiences.

Resident Ensemble Players’ King Lear is not a safe, reverential staging—it is a bold, bracing confrontation with one of Shakespeare’s most devastating works. Tt is a production that does ...

The Saturday Symposium and Resident Ensemble Players are partnering together for King Lear. Join us for the day on April 19 and enjoy fascinating discussions, followed by a matinee performance of this ...

Culture • Theater Review: Kenneth Branagh’s ‘King Lear’ Howls Into A Stormy, Rushed Muddle The great Kenneth Branagh leads and co-directs a decidedly not-great production at the Shed.

The company of "King Lear," The Shed. Whatever, this is a spicily electrifying adaptation, with actors running in all directions across the stage and out into the aisles.

“See better, Lear,” says Kent, and as the old king dies, cradling his dead child, he finally does see. It’s a mystical death, a moment of preternatural vision followed by a departure.

Reading “King Lear” During Hurricane Season 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.’ ” ...

Dennis Raveneau portrays King Lear and Emily Ernst is the Fool in Fair Assembly's upcoming production of Shakespeare's familial tragedy.(Mac Welch) If you’re old enough to play King Lear, the ...

Bell Shakespeare’s King Lear, directed by Peter Evans, delivers excitingly well on most of Aristotle’s pointers for a good tragedy. Tragic reckoning and solace ...