Actor, producer, director, and educator Abigail Killeen has taken to the boards once more to star in a much-praised, off-Broadway production of Shakespeare’s King Lear at one of New York’s leading ...

Kenneth Branagh will direct and play the title role for 50 performances only at Wyndham’s Theatre from 21 October. If you had doubts about whether the actor-director has the gravitas to take on one of ...

AKRON, Ohio – Shakespeare lovers can catch the Ohio Shakespeare Festival’s production of “King Lear” under the stars at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens on three upcoming weekends. The play will be performed ...

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 saying ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Lit Moon Theatre presents William Shakespeare’s “King Lear” in Santa Barbara this week. The performance is part of its World Theatre Festival at the Community Arts Workshop.

Trump’s war on my colleagues and students helped me understand the play’s political caution, which is not just about bad actors but those who fail to stop them. Trump’s war on my colleagues and ...

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. In Iran, ...

For King Lear, perhaps Shakespeare’s bleakest tragedy, Denver Center Theatre Company artistic director Kent Thompson has the characters argue, fight, rage, torment each other and grieve on an almost ...