The world, as Shakespeare describes it in "King Lear," is a "great stage of fools" -- and no one is a bigger fool than prideful Lear himself. The version of this plaintive moan of a tragedy at Folger Theatre drives home that point in many ways, including a novel one: Lear, in the throes of madness,... -
'King Lear' Without the Tears? It Is Madness
The world, as Shakespeare describes it in "King Lear," is a "great stage of fools" -- and no one is a bigger fool than prideful Lear himself. The version of this plaintive moan of a tragedy at Folger Theatre drives home that point in many ways, including a novel one: Lear, in the throes of madness,...-
By Peter Marks