A fool. And the Fool. A father, with a natural son and an unnatural bastard, literally blinded by the hateful evil of others. Another father, with three daughters, metaphorically blinded by his need to be loved and worshiped by them. Nothing comes of nothing.
- New month, new play–King Lear!
- King Lear: initial thoughts
- King Lear Act One (scenes 1 & 2) plot synopsis: mistakes made
- King Lear Act One (the rest) plot synopsis: bad behavior
- King Lear Act Two plot synopsis: dark clouds rising
- How about a song? What, are you Lear-y?
- Book Review: The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 by James Shapiro
- King Lear Act Three plot synopsis: rain and blood
- The Guardian – King Lear – Roger Allam
- King Lear Act Four plot synopsis: reunions (you could end it here…please, end it here)
- Suggested viewing: PBS’s Shakespeare Uncovered – King Lear
- King Lear Act Five plot synopsis: unnecessary deaths
- YouTube channel update – King Lear
- Re: Review: King Lear (Shakespeare’s Globe US Tour at UCSB (2014))
- Podcast 124: King Lear: intro and plot synopsis
- King Lear: a deeper dive, previewed
- King Lear video capsule review: 1999, directed by Brian Blessed [Blessed]
- King Lear video capsule review: 1953, directed by Peter Brook [Orson Welles]
- King Lear: sources, part one
- King Lear video capsule review: 1982, directed by Jonathan Miller [Michael Hordern]
- King Lear video capsule review: 1971, directed by Grigori Kozintsev [Jüri Järvet]
- King Lear in the storm
- King Lear video capsule review: 1998, directed by Richard Eyre [Ian Holm]
- King Lear: a director’s view
- King Lear video capsule review: 1974, directed by Tony Davenall [Patrick Magee]
- King Lear video capsule review: 1983, directed by Michael Elliott [Laurence Olivier]
- A cool new Lear tool
- King Lear video capsule review: 2012, directed by Michael Attenborough [Jonathan Pryce]
- King Lear video capsule review: 2015, directed by Antoni Cimolino [Colm Feore]
- King Lear video capsule review: 1974, directed by Edwin Sherin [James Earl Jones]
- King Lear video capsule review: 2008, directed by Trevor Nunn [Ian McKellen]
- King Lear: Sources, part two
- King Lear: Sources, part three
- Podcast 126: King Lear: video reviews
- King Lear: ages
- King Lear: An analogy
- Historical setting–muddy waters
- Another King Lear analog (same play, too)
- King Lear: a fistful of infographics!
- Names?
- Just Foolin’
- King Lear in Print
- King Lear in Performance
- Podcast 127: Interview with Jean Hegland, author of Still Time
- King Lear: next stop–Bawdyville [EXPLICIT]
- Doing the concord-dance in Nature
- The Guardian Shakespeare Solo: Edmund
- King Lear: Love (not) and Marriage
- King Lear: Nothing from nothing leaves nothing
- King Lear: I’ve got my eye on you
- Burgundy and France, or France and Burgundy
- Podcast 128: King Lear: Bawdy, plus Nothing
- King Lear: What, art mad?
- King Lear: mad or something else?
- King Lear: How many wits does it take to…
- And how do you stage THAT?
- Lear’s lessons from the lines (scansion)
- Stage directions in the dialogue – King Lear edition
- King Lear: mind-blowing midpoint
- King Lear: by the numbers
- Podcast 129: King Lear: Wrap-Up, plus production concepts
- King Lear: good-bye to the mad king…