Backstage, 51-year-old actor Hu Haidong dabs gold powder across his brow and adjusts his dragon-embroidered robe as he readies for the role. When the first piercing notes of Ganju fill the air, ...

Olena Aliabieva, as the Fool, and Myroslava Koshtura, far right, as Cordelia, wait backstage for their turn to perform during the rehearsal of "King Lear" at the Other Place theater in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Olena Aliabieva, as the Fool, and Myroslava Koshtura, far right, as Cordelia, wait backstage for their turn to perform during the ...

The annual Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary season with its first production of William Shakespeare's powerful tragedy "King Lear," running Aug. 21-31. The play tells ...

When Shakespeare Dallas announced that its long-time, but recently retired, artistic and executive director, Raphael Perry, was to star in King Lear, there was great speculation and anticipation, as ...

Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain will star in Lear Rex, a new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear. Per Deadline, Pacino will play the titular character in the forthcoming Lear Rex, while ...

Shakespeare's King Lear is a tragedy. King Lear decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters. His daughters Goneril and Regan, pay homage to the king in order to gain his favor and their ...

This course will take place virtually on Zoom. Participation in this course requires a device (ideally a computer or tablet, rather than a cell phone) with a camera and microphone in good working ...

Hunter famously first played Lear in 1997 at a moment when discussions about gender and identity were at a very different level to where we are now. Yet even then, she and her director Helena ...

It is a common reflex to reach for Aristotle’s Poetics to determine what a good tragedy should be. Aristotle says there are good reasons to enjoy a good tragedy, especially if its ergon or telos (its ...