It will probably mean — as is the case with the King Lear now visiting the Shed, starring Kenneth Branagh and co-directed by Branagh, Rob Ashford, and Lucy Skilbeck — that you can tell a clear story ...

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.’ ” ...

Cordelia is captured and tragically killed, leaving Lear heartbroken and ultimately leading to his own death from grief. Andy Bond’s portrayal of King Lear is remarkable. He brings to life the ...

Cordelia comforts her father, King Lear, after he’s been betrayed by his other daughters. Universal History Archive/Getty Images Then and now, family estrangement often leads to loneliness ...

Kenneth Branagh’s production of the Shakespeare classic speeds through the material and can’t quite figure out its tone.

Visitors to the thrilling, trimmed-down Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company production of King Lear (Griffin ... as the text relays), and then Lear cradling a dead Cordelia at the end, resonantly ...

Kenneth Branagh and Jessica Revell as Lear and Cordelia. Photo ... with the rest of their father’s court to witness the old king divesting his power and dividing up his kingdom?

“King Lear” features two storylines ... kingdom to the daughter who does the finest job stroking his ego. Lear expects Cordelia, his favorite, to outshine her sisters. But she refuses to ...

“King Lear” features two storylines ... kingdom to the daughter who does the finest job stroking his ego. Lear expects Cordelia, his favorite, to outshine her sisters. But she refuses to ...